Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 2 - Class D and Class C Felons
Section 501 KAR 2:070 - Work release
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 532.100, 533.010, 533.025
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 196.035 requires the secretary to promulgate administrative regulations necessary or suitable for the proper administration of the functions of the cabinet or any division in the cabinet. KRS 532.100(9) authorizes the commissioner to approve work release for Class D state prisoners serving their sentences in jails. KRS 197.020 requires the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations for the character of the labor and the length of time during which the prisoners shall be employed daily. KRS 533.010(14) requires the Department of Corrections to promulgate an administrative regulation to develop written criteria for work release privileges for offenders serving probation with an alternate sentence granted by the statute. This administrative regulation establishes work release procedures.
Section 1.
Section 2. The jailer may deny work release privileges to a defendant for violating any duly promulgated or adopted rule of the jail governing inmate conduct or work release including:
Section 3. Upon denial of work release privileges, a written report shall be completed stating the reasons for the suspension of these privileges and citing the rule or regulation that has been violated.
Section 4. State inmates may participate in work release in accordance with KRS 532.100(9). The jailer may elect to provide work release for state inmates, pursuant to the requirements outlined in Corrections Policy and Procedure (CPP) 19.4 incorporated by reference in 501 KAR 6:020.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 196.035, 197.020, 533.010(14)