35.055 Confinement and imprisonment in civil jails.

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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 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 subsection (1) of this section, shall refuse to receive, keep, or transport any prisoner committed to his charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed 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 twenty-four (24) hours after such commitment or as soon as he is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of such prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment. Effective: July 15, 1986 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.