Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 439.590 (2026)

Community residential correctional centers

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The Department of Corrections may establish community residential correctional centers at locations approved by the legislative body of the area where located as places of confinement for convicted felons. The commissioner, or a person the commissioner delegates, may, at his own discretion, transfer prisoners to a residential center from any correctional institution for the purpose of facilitating the rehabilitation of the prisoner except as set out in KRS 439.620. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 102, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 344, sec. 54, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. V, sec. 24(14). -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 293, sec. 2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1974–2002 · leading case: Coleman v. Commonwealth, 100 S.W.3d 745 (Ky. 2002).
Coleman v. Commonwealth, 100 S.W.3d 745 (Ky. 2002). · cites it 2× “27-16-01 (Search; Seizure; Chain of Custody; Disposal of Evidence) (hereinafter "Kentucky Corrections Search Policy") IV(1)(A)(1) at 3. [27] Although it is not specifically germane to the issue presented in this appeal, we observe, as one member of the United States Court of…”
Rosary Catholic Par. of Paducah v. Whitfield, 729 S.W.2d 27 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “KRS 439.590. The substance of these appeals, however, is not the City's refusal, but the judicial determination that the project violates a local zoning ordinance.”
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hancock v. Holmes, 509 S.W.2d 258 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 4× “The statutory language herein involved is as follows: KRS 439.590: "The department may establish community residential correctional centers at locations approved by the legislative body of the area where located as places of confinement for convicted felons * * *.”
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