2006 Kansas Code - 75-5229

      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 corrections shall be given a scientific examination and study and shall have a program planned and recommended for her, which examination, study and program shall be substantially equal to that provided for in K.S.A. 75-5262 and amendments thereto. The examination shall be given, the study shall be made and the program shall be prepared in accordance with procedures prescribed by the secretary of corrections, subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-52,134, and amendments thereto. If the woman in the custody of the secretary is a juvenile, as described in K.S.A. 38-16,111, and amendments thereto, such juvenile shall not be given a scientific examination and study until such time as such juvenile is to be transferred from a juvenile correctional facility to a department of corrections institution or facility.

      History:   L. 1973, ch. 339, § 75; L. 1977, ch. 307, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 369, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 369, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 284, § 8; L. 1984, ch. 331, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 322, § 2; L. 1990, ch. 149, § 8; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 131; July 1, 1997.