KRS 439.3407: Conditional parole of state inmates to be served in local correctional

facility, jail, or reentry center -- Administrative regulations -- Work release.

(1) The department may promulgate administrative regulations to implement

conditional parole of state inmates incarcerated in state corrections institutions or

local correctional facilities or county jails to place those individuals closer to their

communities prior to release. A parolee placed on conditional parole shall serve that

term in a loca l correctional facility or county jail or reentry center in a county in

which the fiscal court has agreed to house parolees if beds are available in the local

correctional facility or county jail or reentry center.

(2) The department may authorize parolees on conditional parole to be placed on work

release. If a person placed in a county jail on conditional parole under subsection (1)

of this section is granted work release, he or she shall pay the work release fees

required by law to the jailer. The amount of work release fees paid by a parolee

shall be deducted from the amount which the Department of Corrections shall pay

for the placement of that parolee.

(3) Local correctional facilities or county jails housing parolees under subsection (1) of

this secti on shall have the same rights and obligations as jails housing felons

pursuant to KRS 532.100.

(4) Administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section

relating to eligibility of an individual for conditional parole shall take into

consideration, at a minimum, the following information about the individual:

(a) The offense for which the individual was convicted and his or her

rehabilitation efforts while incarcerated;

(b) The security classification while incarcerated in the sta te correctional

institution;

(c) Conduct while incarcerated in the state correctional institution;

(d) Ability to find employment in the community; and

(e) The availability of additional applicable education, treatment or intervention,

and training for emp loyment in the local correctional facility or county jail, if

needed by the individual.