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196.280 Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for youthful

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(a)The Department of Corrections shall provide or contract with a private entity
to provide to members of the public who have made a notification request,
notification of the release of an incarcerated person from a penitentiary, as
defined in KRS 197.010, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or
county jail. The warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a person designated
by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, of a penitentiary, facility for
youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, shall make available to the
Department of Corrections, or any private entity under contract with the
Department of Corrections, the information necessary to implement this
section in a timely manner and before the release of any incarcerated person
from the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county
jail. The Department of Corrections or the private entity under contract with
the Department of Corrections shall be responsible for retrieving the
information and notifying the requester in accordance with administrative
regulations promulgated by the Department of Corrections.
(b)If an incarcerated person escapes from any penitentiary, facility for youthful
offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief
administrator, shall immediately provide the information necessary to
implement this section.
(c)If, upon a hearing, a court releases an incarcerated person and the incarcerated
person does not return to the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders,
regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a
person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, shall provide
the information necessary to implement this section as soon as practicable.
(2)The Department of Corrections shall promulgate administrative regulations for the
implementation of this section.
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