Northpoint Training Center
Special Management Unit inmates are housed in single cells in a 60-bed structure separated from the main compound. The perimeter of the secure compound is a double fence 12 feet (3.7 m) high, with razor wire on the bottom and top. It was used to provide care for soldiers suffering from psychiatric illness and to contain German prisoners of war (POWs). In 1946, the hospital was returned to state control for the sum of $1.Army controlled the facilities and renamed Darnell Hospital. Minimum-Security inmates are housed in two structures outside the secure perimeter. On the evening of August 21, 2009, 60 to 80 inmates were involved in a riot at the facility. .
It was intended as a minimum-security institution for fewer than 500 inmates, but quickly changed to a medium-security institution with a proposed population of approximately 700 inmates. Northpoint consists of 551 acres (223 ha) and approximately 50 structures. General population inmates are housed in six open-bay dormitories.
It has a bed capacity of 1,256 inmates, consisting of 1,108 general population medium-security beds, 60 special management beds, and 40 minimum-security beds. Northpoint Training Center is a medium-security prison located near Danville, Kentucky.
The facilities were again operated as the Kentucky State Hospital until 1977. From July 1977 through February 1983, the Kentucky Bureau of Social Services operated the facilities as the Danville Youth Development Center, a youth center for juvenile offenders. In January 1983, the Kentucky Department of Corrections received control of the property, and renamed it Northpoint Training Center. It opened in 1983 and had a prison capacity of 1,256 as of 2006. Northpoint was originally constructed as a state mental hospital called Kentucky State Hospital. From 1941 to 1946, the U.S.
The inner perimeter fence has a sensor system that alerts the main control in the event of contact, four armed wall towers, an outside patrol, and a control center.
