2006 Kansas Code - 74-7403

      74-7403.   Same; appointment; compensation; office space; employees; duties and functions; reports; complaints and grievances. The governor shall appoint an ombudsman of corrections who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The compensation paid to the ombudsman shall be fixed by the governor. The secretary of administration shall provide the ombudsman with office space at Topeka. The ombudsman may appoint such employees as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the office of ombudsman of corrections and as are within available appropriations. Clerical positions shall be in the classified service under the Kansas civil service act and all other employees shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. Any misfeasance or discrepancy in administration or any unreasonable treatment of inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections or inmates housed by any entity under contract with the secretary of corrections which the ombudsman discovers or the inmates bring to the attention of the ombudsman shall be brought to the attention of the secretary of corrections and shall be made known in periodic reports and in an annual report issued by the ombudsman. The ombudsman shall forward complaints and grievances directly to the secretary of corrections for consideration by the secretary.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 339, § 52; L. 1974, ch. 402, § 2; L. 1976, ch. 399, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 370, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 330, § 41; L. 1987, ch. 314, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 192, § 16; July 1.