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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 196.026 (2026)

Organizational units of Department of Corrections

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The Department of Corrections shall consist of the following organizational units:

(1) Division of Compliance;

(2) Division of Public Affairs;

(3) Office of Adult Institutions, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Operations and Program Services;

(b) Division of Medical Services;

(c) Division of Mental Health Services;

(d) Division of Education;

(e) Division of Correctional Industries;

(f) Division of Kentucky State Reformatory;

(g) Division of Luther Luckett Correctional Complex;

(h) Division of Roederer Correctional Complex;

(i) Division of Blackburn Correctional Complex;

(j) Division of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women;

(k) Division of Northpoint Training Center Division;

(l) Division of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex;

(m) Division of Bell County Forestry Camp;

(n) Division of Kentucky State Penitentiary;

(o) Division of Western Kentucky Correctional Complex;

(p) Division of Green River Correctional Complex;

(q) Division of Little Sandy Correctional Complex; and

(r) Division of Southeast State Correctional Complex. Each division specified in paragraphs (f) to (r) of this subsection shall be headed by a warden pursuant to KRS 196.160;

(4) Office of Community Services and Facilities, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Probation and Parole;

(b) Division of Reentry;

(c) Division of Local Facilities; and

(d) Division of Addiction Services; and

(5) Office of Support Services, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Administrative Services;

(b) Division of Corrections Training;

(c) Division of Population Management;

(d) Division of Offender Information Services; and

(e) Division of Parole Board Support. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018; and ch. 191, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 222, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 10, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 217, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1994.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2021–2026 · leading case: Dawn Crawford v. John Tilley, 15 F.4th 752 (6th Cir. 2021).
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Dawn Crawford v. John Tilley, 15 F.4th 752 (6th Cir. 2021). “There is no allegation that Erwin regularly visited or received briefing on even some subset of them. We’ve never attributed knowledge of prison conditions so high up the chain of command with so little in the way of alleged exposure to those same conditions.”
Darrie Rushin v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “043(4); KRS 196.026(4)(a); see also Winstead v. Commonwealth, 327 S.”
Shelton v. W. Kentucky Corr. Complex (W.D. Ky. 2023). “§ 196.026(3)(0)— is entitled to governmental immunity.”
Dep't of Corr. v. Zachary Smith (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “030(1)(a); and KRS 196.026(3)(k). DOC contends that inherent in the management of correctional institutions is the supervision of its employees and related issues, and such activities are therefore governmental functions entitled to immunity.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 196.026(3)(0): 1 case
Shelton v. W. Kentucky Corr. Complex (W.D. Ky. 2023). “§ 196.026(3)(0)— is entitled to governmental immunity.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 196.026(3)(k): 1 case
Dep't of Corr. v. Zachary Smith (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “030(1)(a); and KRS 196.026(3)(k). DOC contends that inherent in the management of correctional institutions is the supervision of its employees and related issues, and such activities are therefore governmental functions entitled to immunity.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 196.026(4)(a): 1 case
Darrie Rushin v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “043(4); KRS 196.026(4)(a); see also Winstead v. Commonwealth, 327 S.”
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