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441.005 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Jail" means county jails and correctional or detention facilities, including
correctional facilities defined in KRS 67B.020 and juvenile detention facilities,
operated by and under the supervision of any political subdivision.
(2) "Holdover" means any jail housing prisoners for a maximum period of
ninety-six (96) continuous hours and excluding times when a prisoner is
released for a minimum of seven (7) hours for the purpose of working at his
employment, attending an educational institution, or conducting other business
pursuant to a court order, or when a prisoner is released for in court
proceedings.
(3) "Prisoner" means any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance,
law, or statute of any unit of government and who is:
(a) Charged with or convicted of an offense; or
(b) Held for extradition or as a material witness; or
(c) Confined for any other reason.
(4) "Unit of government" means that unit of government including the United
States government whose law, statute, ordinance, or code a prisoner is
charged with violating. If a person is imprisoned for contempt of court, the state
shall be deemed the responsible unit of government.
(5) "Department" means the Department of Corrections.
(6) "Jail personnel" means deputy jailers, matrons, cooks, and other food service
personnel, and other jail employees involved in the supervision, custody, care,
or treatment of prisoners in jails but does not include maintenance or clerical
personnel.
(7) "Regional jail" means a jail that may house prisoners for up to one (1) year and
which is:
(a) Owned and operated by one (1) county and, on a regular basis, holds
prisoners for another county or for the state; or
(b) Owned and operated by two (2) or more counties through a regional jail
authority as provided in KRS 441.800.
(8) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 113, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 415,
sec. 12, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 1,
effective July 1, 1982; and ch. 428, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1978.
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