Luther Luckett Correctional Complex
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The Luther Luckett Correctional Complex is a minimum and medium-security state prison located in La Grange, Kentucky
, about 30 miles northeast of Louisville
. It opened in 1981 and had a prison population of 1,073 as of 2007.
The current Warden is Clark Taylor.
The documentary Shakespeare Behind Bars, depicting a production of William Shakespeare
's The Tempest
by prison inmates, was filmed at Luther Luckett.
La Grange, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,676 people, 2,216 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,514.8 people per square mile . There were 2,330 housing units at an average density of 621.8 per square mile...
, about 30 miles northeast of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
. It opened in 1981 and had a prison population of 1,073 as of 2007.
The current Warden is Clark Taylor.
The documentary Shakespeare Behind Bars, depicting a production of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
by prison inmates, was filmed at Luther Luckett.