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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case:
Payne v. Kansas Parole Bd., 887 P.2d 147 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).
Payne v. Kansas Parole Bd., 887 P.2d 147 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 11× “In 1988, Payne entered into an inmate program agreement with the Kansas Department of Corrections pursuant to K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 75-5210a. He successfully completed the program agreement prior to the KPB’s initial review of his case in 1990.”
Heath v. Norwood, 325 F. Supp. 3d 1183 (D. Kan. 2018).
· cites it 4× “If petitioner argued that the Secretary of Corrections refused to create a rehabilitation agreement under § 75-5210a, his due process argument might persuade the court.”
Johnston v. Simmons, 45 F. Supp. 2d 1220 (D. Kan. 1999).
· cites it 15× “Section 75-5210a directs the Secretary of Corrections to enter into inmate program agreements that list the programs that particular inmates must complete to be prepared for release on parole.”
Reed v. McKune, 298 F.3d 946 (10th Cir. 2002).
“Under another provision enacted in 1988, the parole board may release on parole— with some exceptions not relevant in the present case — only those inmates for whom “the secretary of corrections has reported to the board in writing that the inmate has satisfactorily completed…”
Lile v. McKune, 224 F.3d 1175 (10th Cir. 2000).
“(2) the secretary of corrections has reported to the board in writing that the inmate has satisfactorily completed the programs required by any agreement entered under K.S.A. § 75-5210a and amendments thereto, or any revision of such agreement.”
Makthepharak v. Kelly (D. Kan. 2025).
· cites it 8× “And the KPRB “may release on parole” eligible inmates when: (1) the inmate needs hospitalization, deportation, or to answer a warrant or other process of court and the KPRB believes there’s a reasonable probability the inmate won’t cause detriment to the community, or (2) the…”
Makthepharak v. Kelly (D. Kan. 2024).
· cites it 3× “§ 22-3717 (h) provides the Board with the following list of considerations: (1) Whether the inmate has satisfactorily completed the programs required by any agreement entered under K.S.A. 75-5210a, and amendments thereto, or any revision of such agreement; and (2) all pertinent…”
Trumbly v. Kansas Parole Bd., 8 F. App'x 857 (10th Cir. 2001).
“§ 22-3717 (1978), which directed the Kansas Adult Authority (predecessor of the present Kansas Parole Board) to consider all pertinent information regarding the inmate and his offense and provided that the authority had the power to release inmates who were eligible when there…”
— K.S.A. § 75-5210a(a) — 3 cases
Heath v. Norwood, 325 F. Supp. 3d 1183 (D. Kan. 2018).
“If petitioner argued that the Secretary of Corrections refused to create a rehabilitation agreement under § 75-5210a, his due process argument might persuade the court.”
Payne v. Kansas Parole Bd., 887 P.2d 147 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).
“In 1988, Payne entered into an inmate program agreement with the Kansas Department of Corrections pursuant to K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 75-5210a. He successfully completed the program agreement prior to the KPB’s initial review of his case in 1990.”
Makthepharak v. Kelly (D. Kan. 2025).
“And the KPRB “may release on parole” eligible inmates when: (1) the inmate needs hospitalization, deportation, or to answer a warrant or other process of court and the KPRB believes there’s a reasonable probability the inmate won’t cause detriment to the community, or (2) the…”
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