Warden Cookie Crews

A native of the small town of Hardy in Pike County, Cookie Crews began her Corrections career in January 1984 as a Correctional Officer at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women and in September of the following year, was promoted to Sergeant. She was then promoted to the position of Classification and Treatment Officer at the Kentucky State Reformatory (KSR) in 1987 and served in that same position at the Roederer Correctional Complex the next year. Crews was then promoted to Correctional Unit Administrator I at KSR and in 1998 was promoted again to Unit Administrator II at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. In 2002 she was again promoted, this time to the position of Deputy Warden III at LLCC. Her service career includes a seven-month stint as acting warden at LLCC. On September 01,2004 Crews was appointed as Warden II at Frankfort Career & Development Center. On May 31, 2006 Crews assumed duties as Warden of KCIW.

Crews is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a major in Corrections and public relations. She is a member of the Southern States Correctional Association (SSCA) and the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency (KCCD). Her interests include reading and music and she is a member of the Four-time International Champions, Derby City Chorus.