{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-197.023","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 197.023","heading":"Duty to maintain grievance reports -- Open record -- Content --","body":"Destruction.\n(1) Each facility operated by the Department of Corrections or under contract to the\ndepartment shall maintain reports of all grievances by inmates during a calendar\nyear. A grievance report shall be an open public record and made available to any\nperson who requests to see the file at the site as long as the inmate has signed a\nwaiver of confidentiality.\n(2) Each grievance report shall contain the date the grievance was filed , the nature of\nthe grievance, the name of the individual filing the grievance as well as the name of\nthe person preparing the report, the residence, the county, actions taken by the\nfacility, and the date the report was filed. The report shall be signed b y an\nadministrator or officer of the facility.\n(3) With the written permission of the inmate, a photocopy of the file may be made and\nthe content may be released to the public. The facility may require a ten cent ($0.10)\nper page copying fee.\n(4) All grievance reports may be destroyed after December 31 of the following year.","path":["KRS Chapter 197"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6861","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:49Z","sha256":"878c4e45cdfd97a6bc3abc454378adae600dc5746744e29cfc689f00989e8a3e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-197.022","next":"us-ky/krs-197.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}