KRS 640.080: Jurisdiction of Parole Board -- Incarceration of youthful parole violators.

(1) Youthful offenders shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Kentucky Parole Board

and may be placed on parole to the Department of Corrections. The Parole Board

may, with regard to a youthful offender, exercise any of the powers which it

possesses pursuant to KRS Chapter 439, except as provided in KRS Chapters 600 to

645.

(2) A youthful offender parole violator shall, except as provided in KRS Chapters 635

and 640, be incarcerated in a secure juvenile detention facility until eighteen (18)

years of age, unless released prior to that age. Upon reaching eighteen (18) years of

age, an incarcerated violator shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections.