Ground was broken this week on an expansion of the Little Sandy Correctional Complex in Elliott County. When the prison was built in 2002, it created around 260 jobs. The addition announced this week is expected to create more than 160 positions.
Rocky Adkins is the Senior Advisor to Governor Andy Beshear. In an interview with WEKU, he said it was always the plan to expand the prison, but a couple factors increased the urgency.
