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197.140 Prisoners not eligible to be worked outside prison.

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197.140 Prisoners not eligible to be worked outside prison. No prisoner who is serving a sentence for rape, attempted rape, or who has been <br>convicted of robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, or who has been <br>sentenced to life imprisonment shall be worked or released for work outside of the walls <br>of the prison until he has actually served within the walls of the prison for at least one (1) <br>year of his sentence and has been classified as minimum custody according to the <br>Department of Corrections classification system. No prisoner who has escaped or <br>attempted to escape from an adult correctional institution or local detention center or jail <br>within the past five (5) years shall be worked or released for work outside of the walls of <br>the prison. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 53, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 497, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 386, sec. 34. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 166, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 120, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, <br>1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3828b-10.