2006 Kansas Code - 75-5251
75-5251. Government and discipline of correctional institutions; duties of secretary; investigatory powers; rules and regulations. The secretary shall have power, and it shall be the secretary's duty from time to time, to examine and inquire into all matters connected with the government and discipline of the correctional institutions under the secretary's supervision and control; the punishment and employment of the inmates confined therein, and the purchases and sales of the articles provided for such correctional institutions or sold on account thereof; and the secretary may from time to time require reports from the warden or other officers of any such correctional institution in relation to any or all of such matters. It shall be the secretary's duty to inquire into any improper conduct which may be alleged to have been committed by the warden or any other officer of any such correctional institution; and for that purpose the secretary shall have power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers and writings in the same manner and with like effect as in cases of arbitration. The secretary may administer oaths to any such witnesses before examination thereof.
The secretary shall have free access to the correctional institutions at all times, and it shall be the duty of the warden and other officers of any such correctional institution, whenever requested, to exhibit to the secretary, on demand, all the books, papers, accounts and writings pertaining to the correctional institution, or to the business, government, discipline or management thereof, and to render to the secretary every other facility in their power to enable the secretary to discharge the secretary's duties under this act.
The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for the direction and government of such correctional institutions and the officers thereof, and may change the same from time to time.
History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 41; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 60; May 24.
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