Facilities · Jail
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky · capacity 1,353
Also reported as Louisville Metro Corrections; Louisville Metro Corrections (LMDC); Louisville Metro Corrections Jail Complex, Community Corrections & Hall of Justice; Louisville Metro Department of Corrections downtown jail; Louisville Metro downtown jail; Louisville jail; and others.
14 deaths are recorded here, from 1856 to 2026; 9 by name.
- suicide 5
- lynching 4
- undetermined 2
- overdose 2
- illness 1
The people
- Juan Miguel Munoz Penalver February 25, 2026
- Brandon T. McQuillen May 20, 2025
- Richard Graham May 19, 2024
- Name not reported May 28, 2023
- Bashar Ghazawi October 3, 2022
- Buddy Stevens September 22, 2022
- Moman Anderson Jr. March 12, 2022
- Keith Renee Smith January 10, 2022
- Rickitta Smith December 3, 2021Died in custody
- Name not reported 1856
- Name not reported 1856
- Name not reported 1856
- Name not reported 1856
- Charles Troutman Jr. Date not reported
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.