Kentucky Department of Corrections

Kentucky Department of Corrections has lost 17 officers across 142 years on record. 9 — 52.9% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is 3.3 percentage points below the national average of 56.2% for Correctionss.

3 officers were lost to accidents — 17.6% of this agency's fallen, compared to 18.2% nationally for Correctionss. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 6 officers who died did so in an accident.