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196.280 Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail -- Escape.

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Page 1 of 1 196.280 Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail -- Escape. (1) (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, <br>notification of the release of an incarcerated person from a penitentiary, as <br>defined in KRS 197.010, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or <br>county jail. The warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a person designated <br>by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, of a penitentiary, facility for <br>youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, shall make available to the <br>Department of Corrections, or any private entity under contract with the <br>Department of Corrections, the information necessary to implement this <br>section in a timely manner and before the release of any incarcerated person <br>from the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county <br>jail. The Department of Corrections or the private entity under contract with <br>the Department of Corrections shall be responsible for retrieving the <br>information and notifying the requester in accordance with administrative <br>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 <br>administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief <br>administrator, shall immediately provide the information necessary to <br>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, <br>regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a <br>person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, shall provide <br>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. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 20, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 400, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 375, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.