2017 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 35 - MILITARY JUSTICE
.055 Place of confinement -- Reports and receiving of prisoners.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 35.055 (2017)

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35.055 Place of confinement -- Reports and receiving of prisoners. (1) (2) (3) If a person subject to this code is confined before, during, or after trial, confinement shall be in a civilian or military confinement facility. No person authorized to receive prisoners pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to the person's charge by a commissioned officer of the state military forces, when the committing officer furnishes a statement, signed by the officer, of the offense charged against the prisoner, unless otherwise authorized by law. Every person authorized to receive prisoners pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment. Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 15, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 4, effective Jul 15, 1986. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 10, effective July 1, 1954.
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