Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

(1) The department shall develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program utilizing existing resources or by contract to house and care for persons suffering from substance abuse who have been charged with a felony offense. (2) The program shall accept persons referr…

secs. 5 to 22 -- Average cost of incarceration -- Savings to benefit treatment programs -- Budget requests and enactments. (1) The department shall measure and document cost savings resulting from amendments to or creation of statutes in KRS Chapter 218A contained in 2011 Ky. Act…

treatment programs in existing state penal institutions. The department shall use a portion of the savings identified in KRS 196.286 to expand treatment programs at its existing state penal institutions, including the expansion or creation of treatment programs at facilities that…

Beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027, the following amounts shall be allocated or distributed by the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet: (1) Four million six hundred thirty thousand two hundred dollars ($4,630,200) shall be distributed to the local corrections assis…

The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT ARTICLE I Purpose and Policy The party states, desiring by common action…

(1) The commissioner of the Department of Corrections is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority. (2) KRS 196.610 may be cited as the Inters…

As used in KRS 196.700 to 196.735, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Commission" means the Kentucky State Corrections Commission created in KRS 196.701; (2) "Community corrections program" means a local government agency, private nonprofit, or charitable organization wi…

(1) To develop and implement a statewide strategic plan for the state and community corrections programs, the Kentucky State Corrections Commission is created and is attached to the Office of the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The commission shall consist of …

The commission shall: (1) Develop a statewide strategic plan for the development and implementation of goals and objectives, target populations, and program criteria for community corrections programs; (2) Conduct, in collaboration with community corrections boards, a statewide a…

The commission or one (1) or more of its members may visit and inspect any state penal institution and may inform and advise the commissioner of the Department of Corrections in regard to the institution's physical or other condition, its discipline, management, and program, and …

Certification Program. For a Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) administered pursuant to KRS 197.105, the Kentucky State Corrections Commission shall: (1) Develop a statewide strategic plan for the development and implementation of goals, objectives, and cr…

Purposes of programs. The purposes of the commission and community corrections programs shall be to: (1) Provide the judicial system with sentences to be used in lieu of incarceration; (2) Develop community-based sentencing alternatives to incarceration for certain individuals co…

(1) The commission shall award grants to community corrections programs in accordance with the policies established by KRS 196.700 to 196.735 and in accordance with any laws enacted or promulgated for that purpose, including any branch budget bill and appropriation provisions. (2…

(1) A community corrections program shall be responsible for providing services for targeted offenders which shall include one (1) or more of the following: (a) Preparing detailed community penalty plans for presentation to the prosecution, the sentencing judge, and by the offend…

Community corrections programs applying for grants under KRS 196.700 to 196.735 shall prepare a community corrections program plan for the judicial circuit, as prescribed by the commission. More than one (1) community corrections program plan may be prepared, submitted, and appro…

Each community corrections program shall establish a community corrections board to provide direction and assistance to the community corrections program in the design, implementation and evaluation of the community corrections program plan. Community corrections boards shall be …

Funds provided for use under the provisions of KRS 196.700 to 196.735 shall not be used for the operating costs, construction, or any other costs associated with local jail confinement.

corrections programs -- Annual calculations of cost savings of state funds. (1) The commission may: (a) Approve up to five (5) pilot projects to grant performance incentive funding to community corrections programs in judicial circuits with high rates of targeted offenders who ar…

projects -- Purposes of appropriated funds. (1) Beginning in the fiscal year after a pilot project has been implemented pursuant to KRS 196.731, fifty percent (50%) of any state expenditures that are avoided as calculated in KRS 196.731 shall be deposited by the department in the…

The commission shall evaluate each community corrections program on an annual basis to determine the degree to which the program has accomplished the goals set forth in KRS 196.702(4). The commission shall not renew or continue a program that has failed to accomplish those goals …

KRS 196.731. The Kentucky State Corrections Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation and results of any pilot projects developed pursuant to KRS 196.731 to the Legislative Research Commission, the Chief Justice, and the Governor on or before September 1 of e…

(1) Any officer who violates subsection (1) of KRS 196.230 shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Action shall be brought in the county in which the institution is located. (2) Any officer or employee who vio…

Definitions as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; (2) "Classification" means the systematic assignment of a prisoner to a custody level, program, and penitentiary; (3) "Department" means Departme…

Corrections -- Fee for use of medical facilities -- Reimbursement of telehealth consultations -- Use of jail medical facilities by state prisoner governed by KRS 441.045 -- Department not required to promulgate administrative regulations regarding death penalty -- Public posting …

orders -- Payment of costs -- Participation of prisoner in action by alternative methods allowed. (1) Whenever a court finds the personal attendance of a state prisoner is necessary in a civil action and orders the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or its agent or any law enforce…

Destruction. (1) Each facility operated by the Department of Corrections or under contract to the department shall maintain reports of all grievances by inmates during a calendar year. A grievance report shall be an open public record and made available to any person who requests…

Restrictions on access to policies and procedure. (1) KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall have access to any records if the disclosure is deemed by the commissioner of the department or his designee to constitute a threat to the security of the i…

property. The Department of Corrections may enter into a contract with any railroad company for the construction of railroad switches, sidetracks, or spurs into the yards of the penitentiaries of the state, and may sell and convey rights-of-way owned by the state to any railroad …

(1) A sentence, on conviction of a felony, imposed upon a confined prisoner for a crime committed prior to the date of his instant commitment, if designated to be served consecutively, shall be added to the sentence or sentences being served. (2) If the additional sentence is des…

If a defendant is confined in the penitentiary during the pendency of an appeal and, on reversal, is again convicted, he shall be given credit for the period so confined in determining his date of eligibility for parole and his date of release by expiration of sentence.

good behavior, or meritorious service -- Requirement of completion of sex offender treatment program for eligible sexual offenders -- Forfeiture of credit for certain dismissals of inmates' civil actions -- Payments for jails upon prisoner completion of department-approved progra…

project -- Eligibility -- Computation of credit -- Forfeiture of credit. (1) (a) As used in this section, "governmental services program-related project" means a project involving work for: 1. The Commonwealth or an agency of the Commonwealth; or 2. A county, urban-county, charte…

The warden of the penitentiary shall cause each prisoner, when received into the penitentiary, to be informed of the contents of Chapter 520 and KRS 506.010.

(1) The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, shall establish a mandatory introductory and continuing education program on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome for all inmates. Programs shall be s…

(1) The department shall make available a one and one-half (1.5) hour course for inmates that addresses the prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS 620.020. In addition to presenting the consequences of vigorously shaking an infant or young child, this cour…

between institutions. (1) The commissioner shall classify all prisoners and segregate the prisoners in all of the state penal institutions and reformatories according to their past records, the probability of their being rehabilitated, the influence such prisoners might exert upo…

(1) The Department of Corrections shall provide employment for all prisoners in the penitentiaries and it shall exhaust every resource at its command to provide employment for all prisoners in its custody. (2) The department shall acquire necessary equipment and materials and hav…

labor of state prisoners within department's facilities for production of nonagricultural goods for sale to public and private buyers. (1) The department may administer a Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) and may lease the labor of state prisoners within t…

prisoners. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate administrative regulations it deems necessary and proper in relation to: (1) The classification of prisoners; (2) The terms and conditions under which prisoners may be assigned to work under the direction of any other stat…

(1) The Department of Corrections may enter into contracts with any other state agency for the use and employment of prisoners who may be eligible for the assignments. The contracts shall specifically set forth the compensation to be paid to the Department of Corrections for the …

(1) Prisoners confined in the penitentiaries shall not be required to work outside of the walls or enclosures of the prison except: (a) On the construction or maintenance of public roads and bridges; (b) On the making and preparing of materials for public roads and bridges; (c) O…

No prisoner who is serving a sentence for rape, attempted rape, or who has been convicted of robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, or who has been sentenced to life imprisonment shall be worked or released for work outside of the walls of the prison until he h…

Prisoners with dependents to have preference. (1) The administrative regulations made by the Department of Corrections shall provide some definite compensation to be paid to each prisoner or his dependents for each day he works outside of the prison. The department shall collect …

Before any contract authorized by KRS 197.120 becomes effective, it shall be approved by the Governor, or his designee in the Finance and Administration Cabinet, in writing.

Posting of notice received by law enforcement officers. (1) (a) The wardens of the state penitentiaries upon the release of any prisoner or inmate from confinement shall immediately notify: 1. The Circuit Court, the Commonwealth's attorney of the district, and the sheriff of the …

The commissioner of the Department of Corrections may permit the release of the prisoners on the first day of the month in which their sentences would expire; if the first day of the month falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the prisoners may be released on the last we…

The Department of Corrections shall furnish to each convict, upon the termination of his sentence, or his release by pardon or parole, a suit of serviceable clothing, suitable to the season, and transportation to a county within the borders of the Commonwealth. The transportation…

governmental agencies. The department may purchase in the manner provided by law, equipment, raw materials, and supplies, and employ the supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain, industries at the penitentiary or any penal farm or institution of the department, f…

subdivisions. (1) (a) On and after June 17, 1954, all offices, departments, institutions, agencies, and all political subdivisions which are supported in whole or in part by the Commonwealth shall purchase, when economically feasible, from the department all articles or products …

The articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of KRS 197.200 to 197.250 shall be devoted, first, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions, and agencies which are supported in whole or in part by…