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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Jail and Corrections Reform 1
Task Force. 2
WHEREAS, when the General Assembly passed the Judicial Reform Act in the 3
1970s, the decision was made to allow counties to retain their jail systems while the state 4
maintained the state penitentiary system; and 5
WHEREAS, jail costs for counties have increased over time, consuming vast fiscal 6
resources for many reasons including increasing inmate traffic, maintaining and 7
renovating older facilities, providing inmate services to reduce recidivism, and 8
construction of new facilities to accommodate increased inmate populations; and 9
WHEREAS, many counties have made the decision to close their jail facilities, yet 10
are still fiscally responsible for persons who have been arrested and are required to be 11
jailed; and 12
WHEREAS, a bifurcated penal system can lead to inefficiencies including capital 13
construction expenses, contracting for services and goods, inmate location, and further 14
distribution of fiscal resources; 15
NOW, THEREFORE, 16
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the 17
Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Senate concurring therein: 18
Section 1. The Legislative Research Commission shall establish the Jail and 19
Corrections Reform Task Force to study: 20
(1) Existing jail and correctional facilities; 21
(2) Possible realignment and closure of jail and correctional facilities; 22
(3) Adequacy of existing jail and correctional facilities; 23
(4) Management of Kentucky's incarcerated population; 24
(5) Personnel and other costs associated with jail and correctional facilities; 25
(6) Pretrial and post-conviction incarceration data from the Administrative Office 26
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(7) Pretrial defendants, including a breakdown by jurisdiction of the financial 1
conditions of release and charged offenses for those defendants; and 2
(8) Number of supervised individuals incarcerated on new charges versus those 3
incarcerated due to revocation. 4
Section 2. The Jail and Corrections Reform Task Force shall be composed of 5
the following members with final membership of the task force being subject to 6
consideration and approval of the Legislative Research Commission: 7
(1) Three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of 8
the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be designated by the Speaker of the 9
House of Representatives as a co-chair of the task force; and 10
(2) Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one of 11
whom shall be designated by the President of the Senate as a co-chair of the task force. 12
Section 3. The Jail and Corrections Reform Task Force shall meet monthly 13
during the 2023 Interim of the General Assembly. The task force shall submit findings 14
and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the 15
appropriate committee or committees by December 1, 2023. 16
Section 4. Provisions of Sections 1 to 3 of this Act to the contrary 17
notwithstanding, the Legislative Research Commission shall have the authority to 18
alternatively assign the issues identified herein to an interim joint committee or 19
subcommittee thereof, and to designate a study completion date. 20