{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-640.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 640.070","heading":"Committing youthful offender to Department of Corrections.","body":"(1) Upon motion of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the sentencing Circuit Court\nmay, after notice and hearing, order a youthful offender committed to an adult\nfacility operated by the Department of Corrections if it is established by a\npreponderance of the evidence that the youthful offender has:\n(a) By his violent behavior, injured or endangered the life or health of another\nyouthful offender or staff members in the facility or program;\n(b) Escaped from the facility or program from which he is being held;\n(c) By his actions, caused disruption in the facility or program by encouraging\nother residents to engage in violent behavior which has injured or endangered\nthe life or health of other residents or staff of the facility or program;\n(d) By his actions, cau sed disruption in the facility or program, smuggled\ncontraband into the facility or program, caused contraband to be smuggled\ninto the facility or program, or engaged in other types of behavior which have\nendangered the life or health of other residents or  staff of the facility or\nprogram; or\n(e) By his actions has established a pattern of disruptive behavior not conducive\nto the established policies and procedures of the program.\n(2) The hearing shall be held in the sentencing Circuit Court within ten (10)  days of the\nfiling of the motion provided for in subsection (1) of this section.\n(3) Upon admission to a facility or program operated by the Department of Juvenile\nJustice, the department shall advise the youthful offender of the provisions of this\nsection.\n(4) Upon motion of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the sentencing Circuit Court\nmay, after notice and hearing, order a youthful offender committed to the\nDepartment of Corrections if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence\nthat the youthful offender is mentally ill and is dangerous to himself or others, and\ncannot be adequately treated in the youthful offender program. It shall be presumed\nthat a youthful offender is mentally ill if he has pled guilty to or has been convicted\nof a felony and has been found by the court or jury to be guilty but mentally ill.\n(5) Any youth remanded to the Department of Corrections under any provision of this\nchapter shall not later be placed in a facility operated by the Department of Juvenile\nJustice.","path":["KRS Chapter 640"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20315","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:09Z","sha256":"d8aef1f4546ca25de38cd85065ef2b7f619f1fc17834f2065d5ed251e768f1b1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-640.060","next":"us-ky/krs-640.075"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}