KRS 196.120: Department may acquire farm lands.

(1) The Department of Corrections may lease or purchase farm lands, improved or

unimproved, for the employment of the inmates of the institutions under its

supervision. The Department of Corrections may prescribe administrative

regulations for the support and maintenance of prisoners while at work on the farm,

and may construct all necessary improvements on any lands purchased under this

section.

(2) Before land is leased, the lease shall first be approved by the Governor and the lease

shall be limited to the t erm of the Governor approving it. The contract price of the

lease shall be certified to the Finance and Administration Cabinet and paid as other

claims against the state.