2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 441 JAILS AND COUNTY PRISONERS 441.064 Responsibilities of department -- Jail inspections -- Access to jails -- Reports.
KY Rev Stat § 441.064 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
441.064 Responsibilities of department -- Jail inspections -- Access to jails -Reports.
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The department shall employ the jail consultants, inspectors, and other employees
necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of KRS 441.055 to 441.075.
The department shall inspect each jail biannually and may inspect jails more
frequently.
The department shall be granted access at any reasonable time to any jail facility or
part of any jail facility and shall be granted access to all books, records, and data
pertaining to any jail which the department deems necessary for the administration
and enforcement of the provisions of KRS 441.055 to 441.075.
Following an inspection of a jail, the department shall notify the jailer and the fiscal
court by certified or electronic mail of any deficiencies which are discovered and
documented. If the deficiencies are related to health or safety, the notification shall
be sent within ten (10) working days, excluding weekends and holidays. The
department shall submit an annual written report of the findings of its inspections
and the condition of the jail to the jailer and the fiscal court.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 108, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 116,
effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 262, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 7, effective July 1, 1982.
Formerly codified as KRS 441.012.
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