{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-196.610","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 196.610","heading":"Interstate Corrections Compact.","body":"The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this\nstate with any other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:\nINTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT\nARTICLE I\nPurpose and Policy\nThe party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their\ninstitutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment and\nrehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the\nparty states t o provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one\nanother, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting\neconomies in capital expenditure and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to\nprovide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for\nthe confinement, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use\nof human and material resources.\nARTICLE II\nDefinitions\nAs used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n(a) \"State\" means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a\nterritory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth\nof Puerto Rico.\n(b) \"Sending state\" mean s a state party to this compact in which conviction or\ncourt commitment was had.\n(c) \"Receiving state\" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is\nsent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.\n(d) \"Inmate\" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence\nto or confined in a penal or correctional institution.\n(e) \"Institution\" means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited\nto a facility for the mentally ill o r individuals with an intellectual disability, in which\ninmates as defined in (d) above may lawfully be confined.\nARTICLE III\nContracts\n(a) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the\nother party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in\ninstitutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:\n1. Its duration.\n2. Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate\nmaintenance, extraordinary medic al and dental expenses, and any participation in or\nreceipt by inmates of rehabilitative or correctional services, facilities, programs or\ntreatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.\n3. Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or\ncrediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of\nproceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.\n4. Delivery and retaking of inmates.\n5. Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations,\nresponsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving states.\n(b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract\nentered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in an y such contract shall\nbe inconsistent therewith.\nARTICLE IV\nProcedures and Rights\n(a) Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and\nwhich has entered into a contract pursuant to article III, shall decide that confinement in,\nor transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is\nnecessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate\nprogram of rehabilitation or treatment, said officials may direct that th e confinement be\nwithin an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act\nin that regard solely as agent for the sending state.\n(b) The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access,\nat all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine\ninmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates\nas may be confined in the institution.\n(c) Inmates confined in an institu tion pursuant to the terms of this compact shall\nat all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be\nremoved therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for\ntransfer to another insti tution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other\nright to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other\npurpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided that the sending state shall\ncontinue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any\ncontract entered into under the terms of Article III.\n(d) Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the\ninmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a conduct\nrecord of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by the sending\nstate, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her record in\ndetermining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which\nmay obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information\nfor the sending state.\n(e) All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions\nof this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated\nequally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same\ninstitution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so\nconfined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an\nappropriate institution of the sending state.\n(f) Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact\nmay be entitled by the laws of the sen ding state may be had before the appropriate\nauthorities of the sending state, or of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state.\nThe receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be\nconducted by the appropriate offi cials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or\nhearings are had before officials of the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of\nthe sending state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the sending state\nshall be made. Said record together with any recommendations of the hearing officials\nshall be transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would\nhave been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had\npursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the officials of the receiving state shall act\nsolely as agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made in any\nmatter except by the appropriate officials of the sending state.\n(g) Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the\nterritory of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall\nagree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such\nreturn to its territory.\n(h) Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and\nall rights to participate in and derive any benefits or incur or be relieved of any\nobligations or have such obligations modified or his status changed on account  of any\naction or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate\ninstitution of the sending state located within such state.\n(i) The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the\nlaws of the sendin g state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any\ninmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any\ninmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.\nARTICLE V\nActs Not Reviewable in Receiving State: Extradition\n(a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains\njurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within\nthe receiving state, but if at the time the sending state  seeks to remove an inmate from an\ninstitution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any\ncriminal charge or if the inmate is formally accused of having committed within such\nstate a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the\nreceiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding,\nimprisonment or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending\nstate shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all\nstates party to this compact without interference.\n(b) An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to\nthis compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the s tate in\nwhich the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the\nsending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition\nproceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing cont ained herein shall be\nconstrued to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction\ndirected toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.\nARTICLE VI\nFederal Aid\nAny state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with\nany institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any\ncontract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compac t may\nparticipate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and\nreceiving states have made contractual provisions, provided that if such program or\nactivity is not part of the customary correctional regimen the express consent o f the\nappropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor.\nARTICLE VII\nEntry Into Force\nThis compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the\nstates so acting when it has been enacted into the law by any two states . Thereafter, this\ncompact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said\nstates upon similar action by such state.\nARTICLE VIII\nWithdrawal and Termination\nThis compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a par ty state until it\nshall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal\nwritten notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other\nparty states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until  one year after the notices\nprovided in said statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the\nwithdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of\nwithdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal, a withdr awing state shall remove to\nits territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the\nprovisions of this compact.\nARTICLE IX\nOther Arrangements Unaffected\nNothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or im pair any\nagreement or other arrangements which a party state may have with a non -party state for\nthe confinement, rehabilitation or treatment of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of a\nparty state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.\nARTICLE X\nConstruction and Severability\nThe provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If\nany phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the\nconstitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to\nany government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the\nremainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency,\nperson or circumstan ce shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held\ncontrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in\nfull force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state\naffected as to all severable matters.","path":["KRS Chapter 196"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40757","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:49Z","sha256":"629bc56c5b531664321680fb1ac4338f7807b63f1572d6115de8c8031c0eab8a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-196.550","next":"us-ky/krs-196.620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}