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KS Stat § 75-5201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5201 Purpose and construction.

75-5201. Purpose and construction. The legislative purpose in enacting this act shall be deemed to be establishment of a policy of treatment of persons convicted of felonies in this state by placing maximum emphasis on rehabilitation of each such person while in the custody of the state or under the jurisdiction of the courts of the state, consistent with the interests and safety of the public, so that a maximum of persons so convicted may be returned to private life in the communities of the state with improved work habits, education, mental and physical health and attitudes necessary to become and remain useful and self-reliant citizens. It is the intent of the legislature that judges, the secretary of corrections, his or her agents, subordinates and employees and the Kansas adult authority, its agents, subordinates and employees will construe and apply this act and acts of which it is amendatory or supplemental liberally to rehabilitate, train, treat, educate and prepare persons convicted of felony in this state for entry or reentry into the social and economic system of the community upon leaving the custody of these state agencies and officers.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 1; July 1, 1974.
KS Stat § 75-5202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5202 Definitions.

75-5202. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 75-5201 et seq., and amendments thereto, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.(b) "Prisoner review board" means the prisoner review board established by K.S.A. 75-52,152, and amendments thereto.(c) "Inmate" means any person incarcerated in any correctional institution of the state of Kansas.(d) "Correctional institution" means the Lansing correctional facility, Hutchinson correctional facility, Topeka correctional facility, Norton correctional facility, Ellsworth correctional facility, Winfield correctional facility, Osawatomie correctional facility, Larned correctional mental health facility, Toronto correctional work facility, Stockton correctional facility, Wichita work release facility, El Dorado correctional facility, and any other correctional institution established by the state for the confinement of offenders under control of the secretary of corrections.(e) "Warden" means the person in charge of the operation and supervision of a correctional institution.(f) "Corrections officer" means a full-time, salaried officer or employee under the jurisdiction of the secretary, whose duties include the receipt, custody, control, maintenance, discipline, security and apprehension of persons convicted of criminal offense in this state and sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the custody of the secretary.(g) "Parole officer" means a full-time salaried officer or employee under the jurisdiction of the secretary whose duties include:(1) Investigation, supervision, arrest and control of persons on parole or postrelease supervision and the enforcement of the conditions of parole or postrelease supervision; and(2) services which relate to probationers, parolees or persons on postrelease supervision and are required by the uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 365, § 4; L. 1983, ch. 284, § 6; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 14; L. 1987, ch. 335, § 7; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 46; L. 1991, ch. 260, § 8; L. 1992, ch. 245, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 247; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 34; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5204 Division within department; deputy secretaries; qualifications and salary.

75-5204. Division within department; deputy secretaries; qualifications and salary. The secretary shall establish three (3) divisions within the department of corrections. Each division head shall be designated as a deputy secretary of corrections and shall be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. The secretary shall appoint each division head and such person shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. No person shall be eligible for appointment to, or hold the position of, deputy secretary of corrections unless such person shall have had at least five (5) years' experience as an executive officer in the administration of federal or state penal or correctional institutions or five (5) years' experience in the field of corrections, but three (3) years of such experience may be waived for an appointee having a degree from an accredited college or university, which degree is based on penology or a related field as a major field of study. Such person shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the secretary with the approval of the state finance council.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 4; L. 1976, ch. 397, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5206 Placement and transfer of inmates; interagency agreements to temporarily house local offenders.

75-5206. Placement and transfer of inmates; interagency agreements to temporarily house local offenders. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), to carry out the purposes of this act, the secretary shall have authority to order the housing and confinement of any person sentenced to the secretary's custody to any institution or facility herein placed under the secretary's supervision and management or to any contract facility, including a conservation camp.(b) All institutions of the department of corrections shall be institutions for the incarceration of felons sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections. The secretary may enter into interagency agreements authorizing the use of department of corrections' institutions for the temporary housing of pretrial detainees, misdemeanor offenders and other persons confined in local detention facilities or jails when the local facility cannot be used to house those persons due to a natural disaster or other emergency. Authorization shall not be given for the temporary housing of juveniles under 16 years of age.(c) No person under 16 years of age sentenced to the secretary's custody shall be placed in the Lansing correctional facility or the Hutchinson correctional facility.(d) The secretary shall have the authority to order the placement of a juvenile, as described in K.S.A. 38-2366, and amendments thereto, in a juvenile correctional facility. Such juvenile shall be allowed to be in a juvenile correctional facility only until such juvenile reaches the age of 23 years.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 6; L. 1977, ch. 118, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 367, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 92, § 4; L. 1990, ch. 149, § 6; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 129; L. 1998, ch. 54, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 125; Jan. 1, 2007.
KS Stat § 75-5209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5209 Transfer of inmates for observation and diagnosis or treatment; costs; correspondence by inmates.

75-5209. Transfer of inmates for observation and diagnosis or treatment; costs; correspondence by inmates. The secretary of corrections may arrange for the transfer of an inmate for observation and diagnosis or treatment to other appropriate state institutions with the prior consent of the administrators of the agencies. The administrator of such institution shall accept the transfer of such inmate unless such administrator shows that no facilities are available for the accommodation of such inmate and shall have access to any case study, diagnosis or report of the Topeka correctional facility which relates to an inmate transferred to such institution. While the inmate is in another institution the inmate's sentence shall continue to run. When, in the judgment of the administrator of the institution to which an inmate has been transferred, the inmate has recovered from the condition which occasioned the transfer, the administrator shall provide for the inmate's return to the secretary, unless the inmate's sentence has expired.The costs of transfer as well as the transportation of the inmate to the appropriate state institution shall be borne by the correctional institution from which such inmate is transferred. No inmate shall receive treatment at the state security hospital after expiration of the inmate's sentence. If the inmate shall be in need of continued treatment for mental illness at the expiration of the inmate's term of confinement, petition to obtain such treatment for the inmate shall be filed pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.Any inmate transferred to the state security hospital pursuant to this section may correspond freely, without censorship, with any person, except that any such incoming correspondence or parcels may be opened and examined for the purpose of intercepting any items which the superintendent of such institution has declared to be contraband.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 474, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 211, § 38; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 47; L. 1991, ch. 260, § 9; L. 1996, ch. 167, § 62; Apr. 18.
KS Stat § 75-5210a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5210a Programs designed to prepare inmate for release on parole supervision; agreements between secretary and inmate; completion of program reported to prisoner review board; inmate eligible for parole prior to completion of program; agreement entered into inmate's record.

75-5210a. Programs designed to prepare inmate for release on parole supervision; agreements between secretary and inmate; completion of program reported to prisoner review board; inmate eligible for parole prior to completion of program; agreement entered into inmate's record. (a) Within a reasonable time after a defendant is committed to the custody of the secretary of corrections, for service of a sentence for an indeterminate or off grid crime, the secretary shall enter into a written agreement with the inmate specifying those educational, vocational, mental health or other programs which the secretary determines the inmate must satisfactorily complete in order to be prepared for release on parole supervision. To the extent practicable, the agreement shall require the inmate to have made progress towards or to have successfully completed the equivalent of a secondary education before release on parole if the inmate has not previously completed such educational equivalent and is capable of doing so. The agreement shall be conditioned on the inmate's satisfactory conduct, employment and attitude while incarcerated. If the secretary determines that the inmate's conduct, employment, attitude or needs require modifications or additions to those programs which are set forth in the agreement, the secretary shall revise the requirements. The secretary shall agree that, when the inmate satisfactorily completes the programs required by the agreement, or any revision thereof, the secretary shall report that fact in writing to the prisoner review board. If the inmate becomes eligible for parole before satisfactorily completing such programs, the secretary shall report in writing to the board the programs which are not completed.(b) A copy of any agreement and any revisions thereof shall be entered into the inmate's record.History: L. 1988, ch. 115, § 6; L. 1990, ch. 113, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 287; L. 2007, ch. 50, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 35; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5212 Training for corrections and parole officers.

75-5212. Training for corrections and parole officers. (a) The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations establishing standards of training and provisions for certifying corrections officers and parole officers.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no person shall receive a permanent appointment as a corrections officer or a parole officer unless awarded a certificate by the secretary, attesting to satisfactory completion of a basic course of instruction approved by the secretary and consisting of not less than 200 hours of instruction. The certificate shall be effective during the term of a person's employment, except that any person who has terminated employment with the secretary for a period exceeding one year shall be required to be certified again.(c) The secretary may award a certificate attesting to the satisfactory completion of a basic course of instruction to any person who has been duly certified under the laws of another state or territory if, in the opinion of the secretary, the requirements for certification in the other jurisdiction are equal to or exceed the requirements for certification in this state. The secretary may waive any number of hours or courses required to complete the basic course of instruction for any person who, in the opinion of the secretary, has received sufficient training or experience that such hours of instruction would be unduly burdensome or duplicitous.(d) Every corrections officer shall receive not less than 40 hours of in-service training annually.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 19; L. 1974, ch. 403, § 7; L. 1978, ch. 365, § 5; L. 1980, ch. 287, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 15; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 50; L. 2008, ch. 70, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5214 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5214 Parole officers; appointment; powers; expenses; volunteer or contract services.

75-5214. Parole officers; appointment; powers; expenses; volunteer or contract services. (a) The secretary of corrections shall appoint parole officers in a number sufficient to administer the provisions of this act. Parole officers appointed by the secretary of corrections shall have and exercise police powers to the same extent as other law enforcement officers and such powers may be exercised by them anywhere within the state. Such parole officers shall, in addition to their regular compensation, receive their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.(b) The secretary may utilize the volunteer services of, or contract with, any of the following to obtain parole services if necessary and if an economic benefit to the state or an improvement in parole and correctional objectives can be shown:(1) Any qualified individual, partnership, corporation or organization;(2) any agency of the state;(3) the United States; or(4) any political subdivision of the state, or any agency thereof.Volunteer or contract parole officers shall have the same powers and duties as parole officers employed by the secretary, except that they shall not be deemed to be law enforcement officers or have law enforcement powers.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 20; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 16; L. 1981, ch. 349, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5216 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5216 Parole officers; duties; guidance developed by secretary of corrections.

75-5216. Parole officers; duties; guidance developed by secretary of corrections. (a) Parole officers shall investigate all persons referred to them for investigation by the secretary of corrections. Parole officers shall furnish to each person released under their supervision a written statement of the conditions of parole or postrelease supervision and shall give instructions regarding these conditions. Parole officers shall keep informed of the conduct and condition of a parolee or inmate on postrelease supervision and use all suitable methods to aid, encourage and bring about improvement in the conduct and condition of such parolee or inmate on postrelease supervision. Parole officers shall keep detailed records of their work and shall make such reports in writing and perform such other duties as may be incidental to those above enumerated or as the secretary may require. Parole officers shall coordinate their work with that of social welfare agencies.(b) The secretary of corrections shall develop guidance for use by parole officers that includes intervention responses to behavior that would constitute a violation of parole or postrelease supervision and incentive responses to compliant behavior and pro-social achievements. Parole officers shall use such guidance developed by the secretary while supervising offenders on parole or postrelease supervision.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 17; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 288; L. 2021, ch. 105, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5218 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5218 Offenders sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; notice to secretary; judgment form or journal entry; transfer of certified copies to the secretary and others; notice of modified sentence sent to secretary.

75-5218. Offenders sentenced to custody of secretary of corrections; notice to secretary; judgment form or journal entry; transfer of certified copies to the secretary and others; notice of modified sentence sent to secretary. (a) When any person is sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections, the clerk of the court which imposed such sentence shall deliver to the officer having the offender in charge the judgment form or journal entry as required by K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6711, or K.S.A.  22-3426, and amendments thereto, together with the order of commitment to the custody of the secretary of corrections as required by K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6712, and amendments thereto. Within three business days of receipt of the order of commitment and the judgment form or journal entry, the officer having the offender in charge shall forward certified copies to the secretary of corrections. Copies of these materials shall also be delivered to the officers conveying the offender to the Topeka correctional facility, department of corrections reception and diagnostic unit or such other correctional institution prescribed by K.S.A. 75-5220, and amendments thereto, or by the secretary of corrections in accordance with such statute.(b) When an offender's sentence has been modified in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6605, and amendments thereto, the clerk of the court which imposed such modified sentence shall within three business days notify the secretary of corrections by sending a certified copy of the court's order modifying the offender's sentence to the secretary or the secretary's designee.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 27; L. 1978, ch. 120, § 19; L. 1980, ch. 104, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 51; L. 1991, ch. 260, § 11; L. 2002, ch. 50, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 277; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5219 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5219 Copy of evidence transmitted to secretary; use of record.

75-5219. Copy of evidence transmitted to secretary; use of record. The judge presiding at such trial may direct the stenographer to make a copy of all the evidence given at such trial, or any part of it, which copy shall be approved by the judge and certified by the clerk and transmitted to the secretary of corrections. The evidence so certified and copy of the record may be used against such offender in any proceedings taken by him or her for release from imprisonment by habeas corpus or otherwise.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 28; July 1, 1974.
KS Stat § 75-5221 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5221 Record of inmates.

75-5221. Record of inmates. The secretary shall keep a record of each inmate sentenced to the secretary's custody with the date of admission, place of residence, the county which the inmate is from; if transferred, the institution from which the inmate was transferred, crime for which convicted, age, education and such other facts pertaining to early social influences, habits and former life and character as will aid in determining the inmate's natural tendencies and the best plan of treatment. The secretary shall also keep records showing each inmate's progress and standing in the institutions, date of parole or postrelease supervision, final discharge and any facts of personal history obtainable subsequent to parole or postrelease supervision, all punishment inflicted and the purpose therefor, and such other records and information as the secretary may direct.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 30; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 290; July 1, 1993.
KS Stat § 75-5222 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5222 Apprehension of escaped inmate; warrant for; reward for apprehension.

75-5222. Apprehension of escaped inmate; warrant for; reward for apprehension. When an inmate escapes from a correctional institution or the custody of the secretary, the secretary shall take all proper measures for the apprehension of the inmate, including the issuance of a warrant for the apprehension of the inmate. Law enforcement officers shall execute warrants for the apprehension of escaped inmates in the same manner as any arrest warrant and shall deliver the inmate named in the warrant to the jail used by the county where the inmate is apprehended unless some other place is designated by the secretary. The secretary may offer a reward, not to exceed $5,000, for the apprehension of such inmate.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 31; L. 1998, ch. 186, § 5; L. 1999, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5223 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5223 Religious materials, furnishing to inmates.

75-5223. Religious materials, furnishing to inmates. Upon the request of an inmate confined at a correctional institution under the supervision and control of the secretary of corrections for a Bible or other related religious text materials, the secretary shall furnish any such religious materials that have been donated to the secretary to the inmate, provided such religious materials are not determined by the secretary to be detrimental to the security and orderly operation of a correctional institution.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 32; L. 1996, ch. 155, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 75-5224 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees|Article 52 - Department Of Corrections|75-5224 Contagious disease or catastrophe; removal of inmates.

75-5224. Contagious disease or catastrophe; removal of inmates. In the case of any contagious disease, natural disaster or catastrophe occurring in any institution under the control of the secretary, the secretary may cause the removal of such inmates as may be necessary to a place of security consistent with their safekeeping until such time as said inmates may safely be returned to such institution.History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 33; July 1, 1974.