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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 196.026 — Organizational units of Department of Corrections

196.026. Organizational units of Department of Corrections

The Department of Corrections shall consist of the following organizational units:

(1) Division of Compliance;

(2) Division of Public Affairs;

(3) Office of Adult Institutions, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Operations and Program Services;

(b) Division of Medical Services;

(c) Division of Mental Health Services;

(d) Division of Education;

(e) Division of Correctional Industries;

(f) Division of Kentucky State Reformatory;

(g) Division of Luther Luckett Correctional Complex;

(h) Division of Roederer Correctional Complex;

(i) Division of Blackburn Correctional Complex;

(j) Division of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women;

(k) Division of Northpoint Training Center;

(l) Division of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex;

(m) Division of Bell County Forestry Camp;

(n) Division of Kentucky State Penitentiary;

(o) Division of Western Kentucky Correctional Complex;

(p) Division of Green River Correctional Complex;

(q) Division of Little Sandy Correctional Complex;

(r) Division of Southeast State Correctional Complex; and

(s) Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex.

Each division specified in paragraphs (f) to (s) of this subsection shall be headed by a warden pursuant to KRS 196.160;

(4) Office of Community Services and Facilities, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Probation and Parole;

(b) Division of Reentry;

(c) Division of Local Facilities; and

(d) Division of Addiction Services; and

(5) Office of Support Services, which shall have the following divisions:

(a) Division of Administrative Services;

(b) Division of Corrections Training;

(c) Division of Population Management;

(d) Division of Offender Information Services; and

(e) Division of Parole Board Support.

Source notes

Effective: April 13, 2026

History and annotations

Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 12, effective April 13, 2026. -- Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018; and ch. 191, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 222, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 10, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 217, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1994.

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