Conservation camps

75-52,127. Conservation camps. On or after the effective date of this act, the secretary of corrections may establish conservation camps to provide inmates with a highly structured residential work program. Such conservation camps shall be a state correctional institution or facility for confinement under the supervision of the secretary. A conservation camp may accept defendants assigned to such camp as provided in K.S.A. 21-4603 or K.S.A. 21-4603d, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 21-6604 or 21-6702, and amendments thereto. Defendants assigned pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4603 or K.S.A. 21-4603d, prior to its repeal, or K.S.A. 21-6604 or 21-6702, and amendments thereto, to a conservation camp may be transferred by the secretary to any other correctional institution or facility. Any inmate sentenced to the custody of the secretary may be confined in a conservation camp, however, only those inmates assigned to the conservation camp pursuant to subsection (a)(5) or (e) of K.S.A. 21-4603d, prior to its repeal, or subsection (a)(5) of K.S.A. 21-6604, or subsection (b)(6) of K.S.A. 21-4603, prior to its repeal, or subsection (b)(6) of K.S.A. 21-6702, and amendments thereto, shall be eligible for release upon successful completion of the conservation camp program. History: L. 1989, ch. 92, § 32; L. 1998, ch. 186, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 91, § 32; July 1. Revisor's Note: Section was also amended by L. 2011, ch. 30, § 281, but that version was repealed by L. 2011, ch. 91, § 41. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026