AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job training; require KCTCS to construct a facility to house the program at Northpoint Training Center; establish convictions that preclude participation in the program; require the parties to enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing the…
Introduced: February 12, 2026
Last action: April 9, 2026
In effect since July 15, 2026
Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).
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This law creates a job training and education program for inmates in Kentucky prisons, run jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, with a new facility to be built at Northpoint Training Center. Inmates who complete the program can earn a certificate of employability. The law also makes it easier for people with prior felony convictions to pursue public jobs and occupational licenses after completing the program, by…
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