Kentucky Revised Statutes Title LI. Unified Juvenile Code § 605.095.Department of Juvenile Justice to operate postadjudication facilities and programs; transfer of juveniles to Department of Corrections facilities

(1) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall operate or contract for the operation of any postadjudication juvenile detention or treatment facility in which a juvenile is confined for a public offense or as a youthful offender.

(2) Not less than one (1) facility specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be a secure facility with a security level comparable to a medium-security adult facility.

(3) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall operate or contract for the operation of any postadjudication juvenile treatment, rehabilitation, probation, or parole programs, diversion or alternatives to secure detention programs, or other programs for juvenile offenders to which a juvenile committed as a public offender or sentenced as a youthful offender has been assigned.

(4) A juvenile detained in a department-operated postadjudication detention or treatment facility may be transferred to a Department of Corrections facility at any time as provided by KRS 640.070 or other specific statute.