{{Short description|Prison in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox Prison | prison_name = Little Sandy Correctional Complex | image = | location = 505 Prison Connector <br> Sandy Hook, Kentucky address | coordinates = | status = open | classification = mixed | capacity = 1014 | opened = 2005 | closed = | managed_by = Kentucky Department of Corrections | director = Shawn McKenzie }}
'''Little Sandy Correctional Complex''' is a prison located in unincorporated Elliott County, Kentucky,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st21_ky/county/c21063_elliott/DC20BLK_C21063.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Elliott County, KY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-11-16|pages=1-2 (PDF pp. 2-3/7)<!--Page 2 (PDF p. 3/7) doesnt have the prison labeled, but the page is next sequentially-->|quote=Little Sandy Correctional Complx}}</ref> near Sandy Hook. The facility is operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections. 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 Paul E. Patton to expand jobs and relieve the overcrowding of Kentucky's prisons.<ref>The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY 17 Apr 1999 p4 Governor advocates 2 new prisons</ref> 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.<ref>Messenger Inquirer, Owensboro, KY 2 Dec 2001 p22 Governor will break ground for new prison in Elliott County.</ref>
==Notable inmates== *Steve Nunn - Former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 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.<ref>[http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/KOOL/Details/313971 Kentucky Online Offender Search (KOOL) - Kentucky Department of Corrections]</ref> *Michael Carneal - Perpetrator of the 1997 Heath High School shooting.<ref>https://chicagomusicguide.com/heath-high-school-shooter-michael-carneal-moved-to-new-eastern-kentucky-prison-after-parole-denial/</ref>
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{{State prisons in Kentucky}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Elliott County, Kentucky Category:Prisons in Kentucky Category:2005 establishments in Kentucky