{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-439.640","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 439.640","heading":"Vocational training program for prisoners -- Eligibility for compensation -","body":"- Commissioner to recommend regulations.\n(1) The commissioner of the Department of Corrections may, during the last ninety (90)\ndays of confinement of an inmate committed to a correctional facility maintained\nand operated by the department, permit an inmate to participate in a vocational\ntraining program in the community on a voluntary basis. The vocational training\nprogram shall be for the express purpose of permitting the inma te to improve\nvocational skills to assist the inmate to secure permanent employment prior to\nrelease by the department. The inmate shall be eligible to receive compensation\nwhile participating in a vocational training program subject to the discharge of hi s\nregular financial obligations, to include standard payroll withholding, maintenance,\nsupport of dependents, and restitution.\n(2) The commissioner shall recommend administrative regulations to implement the\nprovisions of the vocational training program.","path":["KRS Chapter 439"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19219","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:54Z","sha256":"61fa97ab6049c2d02370e18de39b69911aabca55c057a2ebfe48d33211538a9c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-439.630","next":"us-ky/krs-439.650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}