67A.028 Legislative finding of fact -- Correctional services division permitted --
Duties of sheriff and jailer.
(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky determines as a
legislative finding of fact that the needs of large urban areas in the field of <br>detention, institutionalization, and rehabilitation of offenders and public wards are <br>more specialized, acute, and distinct than the needs of smaller communities, and <br>require programs peculiarly suited to the needs of large, urban areas, and that in <br>order to protect, enhance, and maintain the public safety, health, and general <br>welfare, it is necessary that legislative bodies of counties containing an urban-<br>county government, where the constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been <br>consolidated, be empowered to create correctional services divisions which shall be <br>divisions of urban-county government, and which will be vested with the duty, <br>responsibility, and power to maintain and operate all of the correctional, detention, <br>and rehabilitative facilities of these counties in a professional and competent <br>manner.
(2) A correctional services division may be established by ordinance of the legislative
body of any county containing an urban-county government in which the <br>constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in <br>Section 105 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A division <br>shall, upon its creation, have all of the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the <br>sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, with <br>reference to the operation and maintenance of the county jail and all county <br>correctional facilities. The sheriff and jailer shall, notwithstanding any other <br>statutory provision to the contrary, have no further responsibility, duty, and liability <br>for the performance of statutory duties on a personal basis. The sheriff shall be <br>required to annually inspect all county correctional facilities and render a written <br>report to the urban-county government legislative body and to the commissioner of <br>the Department of Corrections regarding the general operation of all correctional <br>facilities. The report shall furnish, in detail, information regarding the number of <br>prisoners, detainees, and public wards who are inmates of each correctional facility; <br>the offenses or causes for their incarceration; the length of stay; and further reports <br>regarding rehabilitative programs instituted and being carried on by the division as <br>may be required for a complete accounting and report.
(3) The correctional services division shall, subject to the approval and authorization of
the legislative body of the urban-county government, generally administer, operate, <br>and maintain all county correctional facilities, and formulate and implement <br>necessary correctional and rehabilitative programs. All employees of the division, <br>including the director, shall be members of the classified civil service system <br>established pursuant to KRS 67A.210 et seq.
Effective: January 3, 1994 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective January 3, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92). The amendment of this section by
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, did not operate to accelerate the effective date of this <br>section. See KRS 446.320.
67A.028 Legislative finding of fact -- Correctional services division permitted --
Duties of sheriff and jailer.
(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky determines as a
legislative finding of fact that the needs of large urban areas in the field of <br>detention, institutionalization, and rehabilitation of offenders and public wards are <br>more specialized, acute, and distinct than the needs of smaller communities, and <br>require programs peculiarly suited to the needs of large, urban areas, and that in <br>order to protect, enhance, and maintain the public safety, health, and general <br>welfare, it is necessary that legislative bodies of counties containing an urban-<br>county government, where the constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been <br>consolidated, be empowered to create correctional services divisions which shall be <br>divisions of urban-county government, and which will be vested with the duty, <br>responsibility, and power to maintain and operate all of the correctional, detention, <br>and rehabilitative facilities of these counties in a professional and competent <br>manner.
(2) A correctional services division may be established by ordinance of the legislative
body of any county containing an urban-county government in which the <br>constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in <br>Section 105 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A division <br>shall, upon its creation, have all of the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the <br>sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, with <br>reference to the operation and maintenance of the county jail and all county <br>correctional facilities. The sheriff and jailer shall, notwithstanding any other <br>statutory provision to the contrary, have no further responsibility, duty, and liability <br>for the performance of statutory duties on a personal basis. The sheriff shall be <br>required to annually inspect all county correctional facilities and render a written <br>report to the urban-county government legislative body and to the commissioner of <br>the Department of Corrections regarding the general operation of all correctional <br>facilities. The report shall furnish, in detail, information regarding the number of <br>prisoners, detainees, and public wards who are inmates of each correctional facility; <br>the offenses or causes for their incarceration; the length of stay; and further reports <br>regarding rehabilitative programs instituted and being carried on by the division as <br>may be required for a complete accounting and report.
(3) The correctional services division shall, subject to the approval and authorization of
the legislative body of the urban-county government, generally administer, operate, <br>and maintain all county correctional facilities, and formulate and implement <br>necessary correctional and rehabilitative programs. All employees of the division, <br>including the director, shall be members of the classified civil service system <br>established pursuant to KRS 67A.210 et seq.
Effective: January 3, 1994 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective January 3, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92). The amendment of this section by
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, did not operate to accelerate the effective date of this <br>section. See KRS 446.320.
67A.028 Legislative finding of fact -- Correctional services division permitted --
Duties of sheriff and jailer.
(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky determines as a
legislative finding of fact that the needs of large urban areas in the field of <br>detention, institutionalization, and rehabilitation of offenders and public wards are <br>more specialized, acute, and distinct than the needs of smaller communities, and <br>require programs peculiarly suited to the needs of large, urban areas, and that in <br>order to protect, enhance, and maintain the public safety, health, and general <br>welfare, it is necessary that legislative bodies of counties containing an urban-<br>county government, where the constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been <br>consolidated, be empowered to create correctional services divisions which shall be <br>divisions of urban-county government, and which will be vested with the duty, <br>responsibility, and power to maintain and operate all of the correctional, detention, <br>and rehabilitative facilities of these counties in a professional and competent <br>manner.
(2) A correctional services division may be established by ordinance of the legislative
body of any county containing an urban-county government in which the <br>constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in <br>Section 105 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A division <br>shall, upon its creation, have all of the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the <br>sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, with <br>reference to the operation and maintenance of the county jail and all county <br>correctional facilities. The sheriff and jailer shall, notwithstanding any other <br>statutory provision to the contrary, have no further responsibility, duty, and liability <br>for the performance of statutory duties on a personal basis. The sheriff shall be <br>required to annually inspect all county correctional facilities and render a written <br>report to the urban-county government legislative body and to the commissioner of <br>the Department of Corrections regarding the general operation of all correctional <br>facilities. The report shall furnish, in detail, information regarding the number of <br>prisoners, detainees, and public wards who are inmates of each correctional facility; <br>the offenses or causes for their incarceration; the length of stay; and further reports <br>regarding rehabilitative programs instituted and being carried on by the division as <br>may be required for a complete accounting and report.
(3) The correctional services division shall, subject to the approval and authorization of
the legislative body of the urban-county government, generally administer, operate, <br>and maintain all county correctional facilities, and formulate and implement <br>necessary correctional and rehabilitative programs. All employees of the division, <br>including the director, shall be members of the classified civil service system <br>established pursuant to KRS 67A.210 et seq.
Effective: January 3, 1994 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective January 3, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92). The amendment of this section by
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 14, did not operate to accelerate the effective date of this <br>section. See KRS 446.320.
