Warden Joe Rion

Joseph Rion began his career in Corrections as a Correctional Officer at Kentucky State Reformatory in 1977. During the past 29 years he has held several positions within the Department of Corrections including Classification & Treatment Officer, Correctional Lieutenant, Training Instructor, Procedures Development Specialist, Administrative Specialist III, Corrections Program Administrator and Deputy Warden of Security at Northpoint Training Center. He was promoted to Warden and assigned to Blackburn Correctional Complex on June 1, 2006.

Rion received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Morehead State University in 1977 and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Kentucky University in 1996. Rion has maintained professional memberships with state and national correctional associations. In 2000, he was named a Certified Public Manager by the National Certified Public Manager Consortium and in 2004, was named a Certified Corrections Executive by the American Correctional Association.

He is married to Sandi Reeves Rion and has 4 adult sons, Jeffrey, Jeremy, Joseph, and James.