KRS 196.280: Notification of release of person from penitentiary, facility for youthful

offenders, regional jail, or county jail -- Escape.

(1) (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide or contract with a private entity

to provide to members of the public wh o have made a notification request,

notification of the release of an incarcerated person from a penitentiary, as

defined in KRS 197.010, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or

county jail. The warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a perso n designated

by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, of a penitentiary, facility for

youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, shall make available to the

Department of Corrections, or any private entity under contract with the

Department o f Corrections, the information necessary to implement this

section in a timely manner and before the release of any incarcerated person

from the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county

jail. The Department of Corrections or the private entity under contract with

the Department of Corrections shall be responsible for retrieving the

information and notifying the requester in accordance with administrative

regulations promulgated by the Department of Corrections.

(b) If an incar cerated person escapes from any penitentiary, facility for youthful

offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief

administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief

administrator, shall immediately provide the in formation necessary to

implement this section.

(c) If, upon a hearing, a court releases an incarcerated person and the incarcerated

person does not return to the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders,

regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jail er, or chief administrator, or a

person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, shall provide

the information necessary to implement this section as soon as practicable.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall promulgate administrative re gulations for the

implementation of this section.