Kansas § 75-5206 Placement and transfer of inmates; interagency agreements to temporarily house local offenders

Kansas Statutes

§ 75-5206 — Placement and transfer of inmates; interagency agreements to temporarily house local offenders

Kansas § 75-5206

Ch. 75STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Art. 52DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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Bluebook

Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5206 (2026).

Text

(a)Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), to carry out the purposes of this act, the secretary shall have authority to order the housing and confinement of any person sentenced to the secretary's custody to any institution or facility herein placed under the secretary's supervision and management or to any contract facility, including a conservation camp.

(b)All institutions of the department of corrections shall be institutions for the incarceration of felons sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections. The secretary may enter into interagency agreements authorizing the use of department of corrections' institutions for the temporary housing of pretrial detainees, misdemeanor offenders and other persons confined in local detention facilities or jails when the local fa

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d), to carry out the purposes of this act, the secretary shall have authority to order the housing and confinement of any person sentenced to the secretary's custody to any institution or facility herein placed under the secretary's supervision and management or to any contract facility, including a conservation camp.
(b) All institutions of the department of corrections shall be institutions for the incarceration of felons sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections. The secretary may enter into interagency agreements authorizing the use of department of corrections' institutions for the temporary housing of pretrial detainees, misdemeanor offenders and other persons confined in local detention facilities or jails when the local facility cannot be used to house those persons due to a natural disaster or other emergency. Authorization shall not be given for the temporary housing of juveniles under 16 years of age.
(c) No person under 16 years of age sentenced to the secretary's custody shall be placed in the Lansing correctional facility or the Hutchinson correctional facility.
(d) The secretary shall have the authority to order the placement of a juvenile, as described in K.S.A. 38-2366, and amendments thereto, in a juvenile correctional facility. Such juvenile shall be allowed to be in a juvenile correctional facility only until such juvenile reaches the age of 23 years.

Legislative History

L. 1973, ch. 339, § 6; L. 1977, ch. 118, § 3; L. 1978, ch. 367, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 92, § 4; L. 1990, ch. 149, § 6; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 129; L. 1998, ch. 54, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 125; January 1, 2007.