Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-8-101

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section 44-8-101 - Definitions

(a) "Community facilities and services administrator" means the person employed by the secretary of corrections with the responsibility for the statewide administration of the work release program and jail inspection.

(b) "Employer" means those persons, businesses, private interests, or corporations acting as agents of the secretary of corrections by providing paid employment to work release participants.

(c) "Facility" means the physical structure or location which houses work release participants and provides the operational base for a localized work release program.

(d) "Participant" means inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections who are classified as being in work release status and placed in a work release program.

(e) "Supervisor" means the person in the employ of, or under contract with the secretary of corrections who is directly responsible for the operation of a facility which provides for, or includes a work release program.

(f) "Staff" means those persons either directly employed by the secretary of corrections, or those persons employed by an agent, who has a contract with the secretary of corrections, who are authorized to directly supervise and exercise legal authority over work release participants placed under their control.

(g) "Work release program" or "program" means the rehabilitation program concept and structure established by the secretary of corrections. The program permits participants to leave actual confinement to work in the community under the general supervision of staff and in conformity to the specifications contained in a written contract, remaining in extended limits of confinement as designated by secretary of corrections or designee.

(h) "Parent institution" means the last major institution to which an inmate was assigned prior to transfer to the Kansas reception and diagnostic center, Kansas correctional-vocational training center, honor camp or work release facility.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-8-101

Authorized by K.S.A. 75-5251, K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 75-5210, 75-5210(e), (f) and (g), 75-5267, 75-5268; effective May 1, 1980; amended May 1, 1981.