2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 196 - CORRECTIONS 196.280 Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail -- Escape.
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196.280 Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for
youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail -- Escape.
(1)
(2)
(a)
The Department of Corrections shall provide or contract with a private
entity to provide to members of the public who have made a notification
request, notification of the release of an incarcerated person from a
penitentiary, as defined in KRS 197.010, facility for youthful offenders,
regional jail, or county jail. The warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a
person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, of a
penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, shall
make available to the Department of Corrections, or any private entity
under contract with the Department of Corrections, the information
necessary to implement this section in a timely manner and before the
release of any incarcerated person from the penitentiary, facility for
youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail. The Department of
Corrections or the private entity under contract with the Department of
Corrections shall be responsible for retrieving the information and
notifying the requester in accordance with administrative regulations
promulgated by the Department of Corrections.
(b) If an incarcerated person escapes from any penitentiary, facility for
youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, shall immediately provide the information necessary to
implement this section.
(c) If, upon a hearing, a court releases an incarcerated person and the
incarcerated person does not return to the penitentiary, facility for youthful
offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, shall provide the information necessary to implement this
section as soon as practicable.
The Department of Corrections shall promulgate administrative regulations for
the implementation of this section.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 20, effective July 12, 2006. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 400, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1996
Ky. Acts ch. 375, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.
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