{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-197.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 197.070","heading":"Employment of prisoners -- Manufacture of clothing -- Industrial training.","body":"(1) The Department of Corrections shall provide employment for all prisoners in the\npenitentiaries and it shall exhaust every resource at its command to provide\nemployment for all prisoners in its custody.\n(2) The department shall acquire necessary equipme nt and materials and have\nmanufactured all clothing, except that privately furnished, that is needed for the\nusual and suitable clothing of all state prisoners, and of all inmates in all state\ninstitutions, who are required to be clothed by the state. The department shall\nacquire equipment for the manufacture and production of all other state supplies,\nthat in the reasonable discretion of the department is deemed practicable, and shall\nhave the products manufactured, sold, and distributed as provided in this chapter.\n(3) The department shall establish industrial training in the penitentiaries and shall\nclassify state prisoners according to the uses for prison labor and ability and talent\nof the prisoners, utilizing the best available local talent and other t alent that may be\nobtained at an economical and practical cost, and shall select a suitable number of\nguards with the qualifications, when possible, and thereby avoid duplicate expense.","path":["KRS Chapter 197"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=6875","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:50Z","sha256":"56fa434b258070ba1e0b97f860338aed303f075b57b8a3ac3a9e5271ffd46a90","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-197.065","next":"us-ky/krs-197.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}