Conditional parole of state inmates to be served in local correctional facility, jail, or reentry center -- Administrative regulations -- Work release
KRS 439.3407
in effect439.3407. Conditional parole of state inmates to be served in local correctional facility, jail, or reentry center -- Administrative regulations -- Work release
(1) The department may promulgate administrative regulations to implement conditional parole of state inmates incarcerated in state corrections institutions or local correctional facilities or county jails to place those individuals closer to their communities prior to release. A parolee placed on conditional parole shall serve that term in a local correctional facility or county jail or reentry center in a county in which the fiscal court has agreed to house parolees if beds are available in the local correctional facility or county jail or reentry center.
(2) The department may authorize parolees on conditional parole to be placed on work release. If a person placed in a county jail on conditional parole under subsection (1) of this section is granted work release, he or she shall pay the work release fees required by law to the jailer. The amount of work release fees paid by a parolee shall be deducted from the amount which the Department of Corrections shall pay for the placement of that parolee.
(3) Local correctional facilities or county jails housing parolees under subsection (1) of this section shall have the same rights and obligations as jails housing felons pursuant to KRS 532.100.
(4) Administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section relating to eligibility of an individual for conditional parole shall take into consideration, at a minimum, the following information about the individual:
(a) The offense for which the individual was convicted and his or her rehabilitation efforts while incarcerated;
(b) The security classification while incarcerated in the state correctional institution;
(c) Conduct while incarcerated in the state correctional institution;
(d) Ability to find employment in the community; and
(e) The availability of additional applicable education, treatment or intervention, and training for employment in the local correctional facility or county jail, if needed by the individual.
Effective: April 24, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 5, effective April 24, 2020. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 92, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 39, effective June 8, 2011.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49961Fetched: 10/20/2026