Ky. Rev. Stat. § 441.005

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Jail" means county jails and correctional or detention facilities, including correctional facilities defined in KRS 67B.020 and juvenile detention facilities, operated by and under the supervision of any political subdivision; (2) "Holdover" means any jail housing prisoners for a maximum period of ninety-six (96) continuous hours and excluding times when a prisoner is released for a minimum of seven (7) hours for the purpose of working at his or her employment, attending an educational institution, or conducting other business pursuant to a court order, or when a prisoner is released for in court proceedings; (3) "Prisoner" means any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance, law, or statute of any unit of government and who is: (a) Charged with or convicted of an offense; or (b) Held for extradition or as a material witness; or (c) Confined for any other reason; (4) "Unit of government" means that unit of government including the United States government whose law, statute, ordinance, or code a prisoner is charged with violating. If a person is imprisoned for contempt of court, the state shall be deemed the responsible unit of government; (5) "Department" means the Department of Corrections; (6) "Jail personnel" means deputy jailers, matrons, cooks, and other food service personnel, and other jail employees involved in the supervision, custody, care, or treatment of prisoners in jails but does not include maintenance or clerical personnel; (7) "Regional jail" means a jail which is: (a) Owned and operated by one (1) county and, on a regular basis, holds prisoners for another county or for the state; or (b) Owned and operated by two (2) or more counties through a regional jail authority as provided in KRS 441.800; (8) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Corrections; and (9) "Reentry center" means a supervised community residential facility operated by a local correctional facility, county jail, or regional jail as detailed in KRS 441.146. Effective: April 24, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 6, effective April 24, 2020. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 87, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 113, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 415, sec. 12, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1982; and ch. 428, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1978.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Regional Jail Authority v. Tackett

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Regional Jail Authority v. Tackett (1989) ky · cites it 2× “I can agree with the majority when it determines that KRS 441.005 provides for a separate definition of the terms "jail" and "regional jail.”

Commonwealth, Department of Corrections v. Engle (2010) ky “We note that KRS 441.005(3) defines the term “prisoner” as meaning "any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance, law, or statute of any unit of government and who is: (a) Charged with or convicted of an offense; or (b) Held for extradition or as a material…”

Edelen v. County of Nelson (1987) kyctapp · cites it 2× “The public hearing requirements are not found in KRS 441.005 et seq. which concerns county jails and correctional facilities operated by a political subdivision.”

Home Indemnity Co. v. Johnson County Fiscal Court (1987) kyed “020 and juvenile detention centers, operated by and under the supervision of any political subdivision” (KRS 441.005(1)). KRS 67B.020(3) referred to in KRS 441.”

Sickles v. Campbell County, Kentucky (2006) kyed “Further, KRS 441.005(3) defines “prisoner” for the purposes of the fee statute as: (3) “Prisoner” means any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance, law, or statute of any unit of government and who is: (a) Charged with or convicted of any offense; or (b) Held…”

David Jones, Individually, on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. Clark County, Kentucky (2021) ky · cites it 2× “The trial court then focused on the statutory definition of “prisoner” under KRS 441.005(3), which provides, in relevant part, that a “‘prisoner’ means any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance, law or statute of any unit of government and who is: (a) charged…”

Davis v. Mosley (2025) kyed “§§ 441.005, 441.025, 441.045. Accordingly, § 65.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 441.005(1) — 1 case

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 441.005(3) — 3 cases

David Jones, Individually, on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. Clark County, Kentucky (2021) ky “The trial court then focused on the statutory definition of “prisoner” under KRS 441.005(3), which provides, in relevant part, that a “‘prisoner’ means any person confined in jail pursuant to any code, ordinance, law or statute of any unit of government and who is: (a) charged…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 441.005(3)(a) — 1 case

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