Little Sandy Correctional Complex is a minimum and medium/maximum-security prison located in unincorporated Elliott County,

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, near Sandy Hook. The facility is operated by the

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. The prison is the most recently constructed state prison in Kentucky, having opened in 2005. The facility had a prison population of 1014 as of 2013.

History

Funds for a new prison was allocated in 1998 under Governor

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to expand jobs and relieve the overcrowding of Kentucky's prisons. December 2, 2001 Gov. Patton, and other public officials broke ground for an 895-bed medium security in Elliott County, Kentucky, on Kentucky 7 about five miles from Sandy Hook.

Notable inmates

* Steve Nunn - Former member of the

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and son of the late Kentucky Governor Louie B. Nunn. Convicted of aggravated murder in the death of his ex-fiancée. Sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.Kentucky Online Offender Search (KOOL) - Kentucky Department of Corrections
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References

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