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197.505 Privatization of prisons -- Maintenance of designated security level of the facility -- Locations restricted.

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197.505 Privatization of prisons -- Maintenance of designated security level of the facility -- Locations restricted. (1) The state may enter into contracts with a private provider to establish, operate, and manage adult correctional facilities. In all such contracts the state shall retain clear <br>supervisory and monitoring powers over the operation and management of the adult <br>correctional facility to insure that the inmates are properly cared for and that the <br>employees of the facility and the public are adequately protected. (2) Any adult correctional facility operated by a private provider under this section shall ensure that all inmates housed in the facility, including those inmates housed under <br>contract with another state, shall meet classification requirements as set forth by the <br>department for the designated security level of the facility. (3) Any adult correctional facility contracted for pursuant to this section shall be constructed only in a county with an established Department of Kentucky State <br>Police post or in a county in which at least two (2) State Police officers reside as a <br>result of a duty assignment or in a county with a full-time police department. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 234, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 1, effective March 18, 2003. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 418, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 2, <br>effective July 15, 1988.