KRS 441.064: Responsibilities of department -- Jail inspections -- Access to jails --

Reports.

(1) The department shall employ the jail consultants, inspectors, and other employees

necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of KRS 441.055 to 441.075.

(2) The department shall inspect each jail biannually and may inspect jails more

frequently.

(3) The department shall be granted access at any reasonable time to any jail facility or

part of any jail facility and shall be granted access to all books, records, and data

pertaining to any jail which the department deems necessary for the administration

and enforcement of the provisions of KRS 441.055 to 441.075.

(4) Following an inspection of a jail, the department shall make notification of the

inspection by cer tified or electronic mail of any deficiencies which are discovered

and documented. If the deficiencies are related to health or safety, the notification

shall be sent within ten (10) working days, excluding weekends and holidays. The

department shall submi t an annual written report of the findings of its inspections

and the condition of the jail to:

(a) The jailer and the fiscal court in counties where the jail is governed by the

county;

(b) The jail administrator and the governing authority for a jail gove rned by an

urban-county or metro government; and

(c) The jail administrator, the regional board authority, and the fiscal courts of the

counties represented in counties where the jail is governed by a regional jail

board.