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35.055 Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails. (1) Confinement and imprisonment other than in a guardhouse, whether prior to, during or after trial by a military court, shall be executed in jails, penitentiaries or prisons <br>designated by the Governor or by the adjutant general for that purpose. (2) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, sheriff or deputy sheriff or other peace officer, warden, jailer or officer of any jail, penitentiary or prison, as designated in <br>subsection (1) of this section, shall refuse to receive, keep, or transport any prisoner <br>committed to his charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed <br>by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner. (3) Every provost marshal, commander of a guard, warden, jailer or officer, as set out in subsection (2) of this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within <br>twenty-four (24) hours after such commitment or as soon as he is relieved from <br>guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of such prisoner, <br>the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or <br>authorized the commitment. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: 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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35.055 Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails. (1) Confinement and imprisonment other than in a guardhouse, whether prior to, during or after trial by a military court, shall be executed in jails, penitentiaries or prisons <br>designated by the Governor or by the adjutant general for that purpose. (2) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, sheriff or deputy sheriff or other peace officer, warden, jailer or officer of any jail, penitentiary or prison, as designated in <br>subsection (1) of this section, shall refuse to receive, keep, or transport any prisoner <br>committed to his charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed <br>by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner. (3) Every provost marshal, commander of a guard, warden, jailer or officer, as set out in subsection (2) of this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within <br>twenty-four (24) hours after such commitment or as soon as he is relieved from <br>guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of such prisoner, <br>the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or <br>authorized the commitment. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: 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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35.055 Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails. (1) Confinement and imprisonment other than in a guardhouse, whether prior to, during or after trial by a military court, shall be executed in jails, penitentiaries or prisons <br>designated by the Governor or by the adjutant general for that purpose. (2) No provost marshal, commander of a guard, sheriff or deputy sheriff or other peace officer, warden, jailer or officer of any jail, penitentiary or prison, as designated in <br>subsection (1) of this section, shall refuse to receive, keep, or transport any prisoner <br>committed to his charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed <br>by him, of the offense charged against the prisoner. (3) Every provost marshal, commander of a guard, warden, jailer or officer, as set out in subsection (2) of this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within <br>twenty-four (24) hours after such commitment or as soon as he is relieved from <br>guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of such prisoner, <br>the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or <br>authorized the commitment. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 4, effective Jul 15, 1986. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 10, effective July 1, 1954.