KRS 441.005: Definitions for chapter.

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.