Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 501 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Chapter 2 - Class D and Class C Felons › Section 501 KAR 2:020 - Definitions for 501 KAR Chapter 2

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 532.060, 532.100
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 532.100(5) requires
				qualifying Class D and Class C felons to serve their sentences in jails. KRS 196.035 authorizes the secretary to promulgate administrative regulations
				necessary or suitable for the proper administration of the functions of the
				cabinet or any division in the cabinet. This administrative regulation
				establishes the definitions used in 501 KAR Chapter 2 for the Class C and D
				felons serving their sentences in the jails pursuant to the statute instead of
				in a state correctional institution.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Assessment
			 and Classification Center" or "AC Center" means the units at Roederer
			 Correctional Complex, Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women, and Ross
			 Cash Center that initially receive all convicted felons, except for those
			 sentenced to the death penalty, who are committed to the Kentucky Department of
			 Corrections.
(2) "Class C felon"
			 means an inmate convicted of a Class C felony that meets the requirements
			 established in KRS 532.100(5)(c).
(3) "Class D felon" means an inmate convicted
			 of a Class D felony that meets the requirements established in KRS 532.100(5) (a), (b), or (c).
(4) ""Community
			 custody" means that the inmate meets the requirements for that classification
			 level established in the Department of Corrections Classification Manual,
			 incorporated by reference in  501 KAR 6:080.
(5) "Controlled intake inmate" means a
			 convicted felon who is entering into the Kentucky adult correctional
			 system.
(6) "Deaf or hard of
			 hearing inmate" means an inmate who has a hearing loss, which qualifies the
			 inmate as an individual with a disability under the Americans with Disability
			 Act (ADA). See  42 U.S.C.,§
										12102(4).
(7) "Department" is defined by KRS 441.005(5).
(8) "Director of
			 Population Management" means the Department of Corrections employee who
			 approves inmates for placement in jails and in halfway house facilities
			 throughout the state.
(9)
			 "Educational good time" means a credit on an inmate's sentence for an
			 educational accomplishment pursuant to KRS 197.045(1)(a)2.
(10) "Escape" is defined by KRS 520.010(5).
(11) "Jail" means a
			 jail as defined by KRS 441.005(1) or a regional jail as defined KRS 441.005(7).
(12) "Jail
			 administrator" means the official appointed by a regional jail authority and
			 charged with the responsibility of administering the regional jail.
(13) "Jail personnel" is defined by KRS 441.005(6).
(14) "Jailer" means:
(a) The official duly elected or appointed
			 pursuant to Section 99 or 152 of the Kentucky Constitution, charged with the
			 responsibility of administering the jail;
(b) The administrator or executive director
			 of a department as defined by KRS 67B.020(1);
(c) The administrator or director of a
			 correctional services division as described by KRS 67A.028; or
(d) The administrator of a regional jail as
			 defined by KRS 441.005(7).
(15) "KOMS" means Kentucky Offender
			 Management System.
(16) "Maximum
			 custody" means that the inmate meets the requirements for that classification
			 level established in the Department of Corrections Classification Manual,
			 incorporated by reference in  501 KAR 6:080.
(17) "Medium custody" means that the inmate
			 meets the requirements for that classification level established in the
			 Department of Corrections Classification Manual, incorporated by reference in
			  501 KAR 6:080.
(18) "Meritorious
			 good time" means a credit on an inmate's sentence pursuant to KRS 197.045(1)(b)2.
(19) "Minimum
			 custody" means that the inmate meets the requirements for that classification
			 level established in the Department of Corrections Classification Manual,
			 incorporated by reference in  501 KAR 6:080.
(20) "Qualified inmate" means an inmate that
			 may be housed in jails electing to house state inmates as described in KRS 532.100(5).
(21) "Statutory good
			 time" means a credit on an inmate's sentence pursuant to KRS 197.045(1)(b)1.
(22) "Waiver" means
			 that the department has granted the county an exemption from housing any Class
			 D or Class C felons in its jail pursuant to KRS 532.100.