Chapter 75, STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

75-5223. Religious materials, furnishing to inmates. Upon the request of an inmate confined at a correctional institution under the supervision and control of the secretary of corrections for a Bible or other related religious text materials, the secretary shall furnish any such …

75-5224. Contagious disease or catastrophe; removal of inmates. In the case of any contagious disease, natural disaster or catastrophe occurring in any institution under the control of the secretary, the secretary may cause the removal of such inmates as may be necessary to a pla…

75-5225. Defect in order of commitment, no ground for action against warden or secretary. No defect in the order of commitment under which a person convicted of crime is held by the warden of any correctional institution or the secretary of corrections shall be held a ground of a…

75-5226. Unlawful use of inmate labor. (a) Unlawful use of inmate labor is the knowing use by any corrections officer or employee of any correctional institution of the labor of any inmate or inmates of a correctional institution for the personal benefit of such corrections offic…

75-5229. Women sentenced to secretary's custody; examination, study, program; juvenile inmate. (a) Every woman sentenced to imprisonment for a felony shall be sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections. (b) Every woman sentenced to the custody of the secretary of co…

75-5233. Contracting for transportation of inmates. (a) Except when another cost effective method of transportation is available, the secretary of corrections may contract with qualified individuals, partnerships or corporations for the purpose of transporting individuals in the …

75-5246. Wardens, appointment; civil service; references to former director means warden. (a) The secretary of corrections shall appoint a warden of each of the correctional institutions under the secretary's supervision and control. Such wardens shall be within the classified se…

75-5247. Oaths of corrections officers; uniforms. Every corrections officer who shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act shall make and file in the office of the secretary, within 15 days after the appointment, the constitutional oath of office. Each corrections …

75-5247a. Powers and duties of corrections officers. The warden of any correctional institution within the Kansas department of corrections, all deputy wardens, all persons on the staff of the department of corrections who are in the chain of command from the secretary of correct…

75-5248. Social counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist for certain correctional institutions. Any correctional institution that averages more than fifty (50) inmates daily shall provide a minimum of one social counselor for every one hundred (100) inmates incarcerated. Any insti…

75-5249. Chief physician; duties. The secretary of corrections shall employ or contract with a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery to be the chief physician for each correctional institution under the secretary's supervision and control. One chief physician may be ma…

75-5250. Officers and employees of correctional institutions; appointment; reassignment; moving expenses. The officers of any correctional institution under the supervision and control of the secretary of corrections shall consist of a warden, who may reside at the correctional i…

75-5251. Government and discipline of correctional institutions; release supervision services; duties of secretary; investigatory powers; rules and regulations. The secretary shall have power, and it shall be the secretary's duty from time to time, to examine and inquire into all…

75-5252. Duties of wardens of institutions. Subject to the general supervision of the secretary of corrections and applicable rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, it shall be the duty of the warden of each correctional institution: (a) To oversee the government and dis…

75-5253. Rules and regulations; contracts. All transactions and dealings on account of the correctional institution shall be conducted under such rules and regulations as a secretary may adopt; and all contracts made by the warden as authorized or provided by law shall be reduced…

75-5254. Accounts and monthly reports by warden. It shall be the duty of the warden of each correctional institution to keep a regular and correct account of all moneys received by the warden from every source by virtue of the warden's office, including all moneys taken from any …

75-5255. Reports of operations, moneys and property by warden. The warden of each correctional institution shall annually, on the last day of June, close the warden's account, and on or before July 31 thereafter shall render to the secretary a full and true account of all moneys …

75-5256. Orders of warden; publication and availability to inmates of orders and rules and regulations. (a) The warden of each correctional institution may issue orders subject to the provisions of law and the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of corrections, as the …

75-5257. Money and property of inmates; accounts. It shall be the duty of the warden of each correctional institution to take charge of any money or property which any inmate may have with the inmate at the time of entering the correctional institution. If property, the warden ma…

75-5258. Deputy wardens; designation; duties. Whenever there shall be a vacancy in the office of the warden of a correctional institution, or when the warden shall necessarily be absent from the correctional institution, all the duties and keeping of the inmates and the disciplin…

75-5259. Record of conduct of inmates; report. The warden of each correctional institution shall cause to be kept a record of each and every infraction of the rules of discipline by the inmates, with the name of the inmate offending, and the date and character of each offense, wh…

75-5260. Release of inmate from confinement unaccompanied by custodial agent, when. The warden of any correctional institution of the state of Kansas, with the advice and consent of the secretary of corrections, may extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate who h…

75-5266. Psychiatric evaluation reports privileged. Psychiatric evaluation reports of correctional facilities shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone except as provided herein. The court, the district or county attorney, the attorney for th…

75-5267. Work release program; release from confinement, purposes; educational release programs; use of local facilities; contracts; disposition of products of inmate labor. (a) The secretary of corrections is hereby authorized to establish a work release program under which inma…

75-5268. Work release and job training programs; disposition of compensation. Any inmate who is allowed to participate in such paid employment or in such job training or paid employment for which a subsistence allowance is paid in connection with such job training shall pay over …

75-5269. Failure of prisoner to remain within limits or to return within time prescribed, deemed aggravated escape. The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the extended limits of such inmate's confinement or to return within the time prescribed to an institution or faci…

75-5273. Prison-made goods. K.S.A. 75-5273 to 75-5282, inclusive, may be cited as the "prison-made goods act of Kansas." History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 76; July 1, 1974. Source or prior law: 76-2902. Cross References to Related Sections: Pilot project for acquisition of goods and s…

75-5274. Same; definitions. As used in the prison-made goods act of Kansas, the following words and terms shall have, respectively, the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (a) "Local agency" means any county, city, township, school district and any other political subdivis…

75-5275. Prison-made goods; establishment of industries at correctional institutions; authorized sales; contracts for certain work projects, conditions. (a) The secretary is hereby authorized to purchase in the manner provided by law, equipment, raw materials and supplies, and to…

75-5275a. Same; home building program; limitations on production of manufactured or modular homes. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the prison-made goods act of Kansas to the contrary, the secretary shall not establish or maintain a home building program which manufacturers […

75-5276. Same; purchase of goods and services by public agencies, organizations and state employees; certain state agency purchases mandated. (a) All state agencies shall purchase from the secretary all articles or products required by such state agencies that are produced by inm…

75-5277. Same; exceptions to mandatory purchase requirement. Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of K.S.A. 75-5276 may be made in any case where in the opinion of the secretary of administration and the director of purchases the article or product so produce…

75-5278. Same; director of accounts and reports bound by voucher or warrant; intentional violation; penalty. No voucher, certificate or warrant issued on the director of accounts and reports by any state agency shall be questioned by him or her or by the state treasurer on the gr…

75-5280. Same; prices determined by secretary of corrections; exception for private enterprises. The secretary shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished and at which all services shall be provided. All such pr…

75-5281. Prison-made goods; self-liquidating contracts. (a) The secretary is empowered to enter into contracts and agreements with any person, firm or corporation upon a self-liquidating basis for the acquisition, purchase or lease of equipment, tools, supplies, materials and bui…

75-5282. Correctional industries fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the correctional industries fund. (b) All moneys collected by the secretary from the sale or disposition of goods manufactured and services provided under the prison-made goods act shall be r…

75-5284. Goods, wares and merchandise divested of interstate character on arrival in state. All goods, wares and merchandise manufactured, produced or mined, wholly or in part, by inmates, convicts or prisoners, except inmates, convicts or prisoners on parole or probation or assi…

75-5285. Transfer of existing designations to parole authority or officers. (a) Whenever the board of probation and parole or the Kansas adult authority, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation sh…

75-5286. Severability. If any word, phrase, sentence or provision of this act is determined to be invalid such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this act and they shall be given effect without the invalid provision and to this end the provisions of this act are …

75-5288. Lease of facilities at correctional institutions for private enterprises; term; inmate employment; laws applicable to lessees; authority over institutions and inmates preserved. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3738 to 75-3744, inclusive, and amendments th…

75-5289. Same; disposition of lease proceeds. The secretary of corrections shall remit all moneys received from leases authorized under K.S.A. 75-5288, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon…

75-5290. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "community corrections act." History: L. 1978, ch. 364, § 1; April 20. Cross References to Related Sections: Juvenile community correctional services, see 75-7038 et seq. Law Review and Bar Journal References: …

75-5291. Community correctional services; grants to counties; placement of offenders, limitations; community corrections advisory committee, membership and duties. (a) (1) The secretary of corrections may make grants to counties for the development, implementation, operation and …

75-5292. Same; qualifications; powers of county commissioners preserved; cooperative agreements. (a) Subject to the other provisions of the community corrections act, each county may qualify to receive grants under such act by complying with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-52,110, an…

75-5293. Payment for expenses of corrections advisory board of county or group of cooperating counties without an approved plan. In order to assist a county or group of cooperating counties which has established a corrections advisory board but which does not have a comprehensive…

75-5294. Assistance to counties and advisory boards by secretary of corrections; administration of act; rules and regulations. (a) In accordance with K.S.A. 77-415 et seq., and amendments thereto, the secretary of corrections shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for the im…

75-5295. Powers of counties or groups of counties under act. For the purposes of this act and to provide for the correctional services described in K.S.A. 75-5291 and amendments thereto, a county or group of cooperating counties, through their boards of county commissioners, or a…

75-5296. Comprehensive plans for correctional services, approval prerequisite for grants; additional requirements; operating standards; annual review; suspension of grants, procedure. (a) Except as provided in K.S.A. 75-5293 and amendments thereto, no county shall be qualified to…

75-5297. Corrections advisory boards; membership, qualifications, appointment; alternative membership, qualification and appointment provisions for cooperating counties. (a) Subject to the other provisions of this section, each corrections advisory board established under this ac…

75-5298. Corrections advisory boards; terms; vacancies; officers; open proceedings, rules. (a) Members of a corrections advisory board appointed in accordance with K.S.A. 75-5297 and amendments thereto shall serve for terms of two years from and after the date of their appointmen…