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Former Kentucky State Penitentiary Warden Returns

Kentucky Department of Corrections

By Chad Lampe

Murray,KY – The longest-serving warden at the state's only maximum security prison returns to the post this week. Officials with the Kentucky Department of Corrections recently appointed Philip Parker as warden at Eddyville's Kentucky State Penitentiary. Parker first retired from the same post in 2002 after serving nine years. Parker, a Murray State Alumnus has spent 25 years working in corrections.