The sheriff of any county in which a department has been established or maintained shall, not less than annually, inspect all correctional facilities administered by the department, and shall make a written report to the consolidated local government or fiscal court and to the secretary of corrections regarding the general operation of all such correctional facilities, which report shall furnish in detail information regarding the number of prisoners, detainees, and public wards who are inmates of each correctional facility; the offenses or causes for their incarceration; the length of stay with reference to same; and such further reports regarding rehabilitative programs instituted and being carried on by the department as may be required for a complete accounting and report.
Effective: July 15, 2002
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 67B.070

  • Consolidated local government: means a local government established pursuant to
    KRS Chapter 67C. See Kentucky Statutes 67B.020
  • Department: means a metropolitan correctional services department created or maintained by a consolidated local government or the fiscal court of a county containing a city of the first class, where the constitutional offices of sheriff and jailer have been consolidated, pursuant to this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 67B.020
  • Fiscal court: means the county judge/executive and justices of the peace of a county, or the county judge/executive and three (3) county commissioners elected pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 67B.020
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of a county or the sheriff in a county containing a consolidated local government who has been duly elected by the qualified voters as provided in Section 99 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 67B.020

History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 52, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 331, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1986. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch.
100, sec. 7.

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