75-5205. Powers and duties of secretary of corrections; employees; office space. (a) The secretary of corrections shall have the general supervision and management of the correctional institutions of the state and such other facilities as may be acquired by lease, purchase or contract for the housing of persons in the secretary's custody. The secretary shall have general supervision, management and control of any manufacturing or other business that may be carried on in behalf of the state pursuant to law, other than business enterprises operating under K.S.A. 75-5288, and amendments thereto, in and about any correctional institution or facility and shall have the power to receive, take charge, sell or otherwise dispose of any articles manufactured or produced for the benefit of the state, in the manner prescribed by law, other than articles, products and services produced or provided by business enterprises operating under K.S.A. 75-5288, and amendments thereto. The secretary shall have charge and general supervision of the grounds and buildings of such correctional institutions, and the secretary is hereby authorized to purchase the necessary material and supplies therefor. The secretary shall be authorized to consolidate the administration and operations of any correctional institutions.
(b) For purpose of carrying out the secretary's duties, the secretary shall have the authority to receive and expend federal funds and to contract with qualified individuals, partnerships, corporations, organizations, other agencies of the state and the federal government and its agencies.
(c) The secretary shall devote the secretary's entire time to the duties conferred upon the secretary by this act. The secretary may appoint such employees as may be necessary for the efficient management and administration of the department of corrections and as are within available appropriations therefor, and such employees shall be within the classified service under the Kansas civil service act unless otherwise specifically provided by law. Any person appointed as an attorney shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act.
(d) The secretary may appoint such advisors or groups of advisors as the secretary deems necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this act. Such advisors or groups of advisors will serve at the pleasure of the secretary and may receive mileage and subsistence allowances.
(e) The secretary may accept and receive for the department of corrections or a correctional institution any gift of property which the secretary determines would enhance the services provided by the department of corrections.
(f) The secretary of administration shall provide the department of corrections with office space at Topeka.
History: L. 1973, ch. 339, § 5; L. 1974, ch. 403, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 458, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 332, § 48; L. 1978, ch. 366, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 330, § 40; L. 1979, ch. 296, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 330, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 288, § 1; L. 1988, ch. 301, § 28; L. 1992, ch. 245, § 4; May 21.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 52 - Department Of Corrections
75-5201 Purpose and construction.
75-5204 Division within department; deputy secretaries; qualifications and salary.
75-5205 Powers and duties of secretary of corrections; employees; office space.
75-5211 Inmate employment and training; withdrawals from pay; assistance upon release.
75-5212 Training for corrections and parole officers.
75-5214 Parole officers; appointment; powers; expenses; volunteer or contract services.
75-5216 Parole officers; duties; guidance developed by secretary of corrections.
75-5219 Copy of evidence transmitted to secretary; use of record.
75-5222 Apprehension of escaped inmate; warrant for; reward for apprehension.
75-5223 Religious materials, furnishing to inmates.
75-5224 Contagious disease or catastrophe; removal of inmates.
75-5225 Defect in order of commitment, no ground for action against warden or secretary.
75-5226 Unlawful use of inmate labor.
75-5229 Women sentenced to secretary's custody; examination, study, program; juvenile inmate.
75-5233 Contracting for transportation of inmates.
75-5246 Wardens, appointment; civil service; references to former director means warden.
75-5247 Oaths of corrections officers; uniforms.
75-5247a Powers and duties of corrections officers.
75-5248 Social counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist for certain correctional institutions.
75-5249 Chief physician; duties.
75-5252 Duties of wardens of institutions.
75-5253 Rules and regulations; contracts.
75-5254 Accounts and monthly reports by warden.
75-5255 Reports of operations, moneys and property by warden.
75-5257 Money and property of inmates; accounts.
75-5258 Deputy wardens; designation; duties.
75-5259 Record of conduct of inmates; report.
75-5260 Release of inmate from confinement unaccompanied by custodial agent, when.
75-5266 Psychiatric evaluation reports privileged.
75-5268 Work release and job training programs; disposition of compensation.
75-5275a Same; home building program; limitations on production of manufactured or modular homes.
75-5277 Same; exceptions to mandatory purchase requirement.
75-5280 Same; prices determined by secretary of corrections; exception for private enterprises.
75-5281 Prison-made goods; self-liquidating contracts.
75-5282 Correctional industries fund.
75-5284 Goods, wares and merchandise divested of interstate character on arrival in state.
75-5285 Transfer of existing designations to parole authority or officers.
75-5289 Same; disposition of lease proceeds.
75-5292 Same; qualifications; powers of county commissioners preserved; cooperative agreements.
75-5295 Powers of counties or groups of counties under act.
75-5298 Corrections advisory boards; terms; vacancies; officers; open proceedings, rules.
75-5299 Same; participation in formulating comprehensive plans.
75-52,102 Comprehensive plans for correctional services; requirements; new program proposals.
75-52,105 Semiannual grant payments; certified expenditure statements by counties.
75-52,107 State and county purchase of correctional services from grant-receiving counties.
75-52,111 Community corrections grants; determination of grant amounts; reductions.
75-52,113 Community corrections supervision fund.
75-52,121 Same; terms and conditions of repayment; period of loan.
75-52,122 Ellsworth correctional facility; establishment.
75-52,124 Same; management and control; warden.
75-52,125 Control and management of certain buildings and grounds used as correctional institutions.
75-52,126 Payment of claims to medical vendors not filed within fiscal year; limitation.
75-52,128 Inmate housing opportunities in cities and counties; secretary to consider.
75-52,131a Same; vesting of properties; references in statutes and other documents.
75-52,132 Community correctional conservation camp in Labette county; approved for bond financing.
75-52,133 Prohibition of certain local and private prisons.
75-52,134 Use of Topeka correctional facility.
75-52,135 Personal property of inmates, abandonment; disposition.
75-52,136 Lease of land under secretary's control for production of oil, gas or other minerals.
75-52,138 Certain civil actions filed by inmate; exhaustion of administrative remedies required.
75-52,140 Severability clause.
75-52,141 Conveyance of real estate in Ellsworth county.
75-52,142 Same; definition of tracts; authority of secretary.
75-52,142a Conveyance of real estate in Leavenworth county; authority of the secretary.
75-52,145 Secretary authorized to convey property in Reno county to city of Hutchinson.
75-52,146 Comprehensive plan for prison expansion, specialized facilities and training academy.
75-52,149 High-risk sex offenders; graduated risk assessment.
75-52,150 Correctional services special revenue fund.
75-52,151 Department of corrections forensic psychologist fund.
75-52,152 Prisoner review board; establishment.
75-52,153 Same; Kansas parole board abolished.
75-52,154 Same; successor to Kansas parole board.
75-52,155 Same; transfer of funds and accounts; use.
75-52,156 Same; conflicts; property and records.
75-52,157 Same; no abatement of civil as criminal proceedings.
75-52,159 Secretary authorized to purchase St. Francis boy's home.
75-52,160 Justice reinvestment working group; members; duties.
75-52,161 Juvenile justice oversight committee.
75-52,162 Confidential data exchange for juvenile justice system.
75-52,163 Funding for juvenile immediate intervention programs.
75-52,164 Evidence-based programs account of the state general fund.
75-52,166 Authorization to convey property in Mitchell county to the city of Beloit.
75-52,169 Same; budget for projects; authorization for establishment of a nonprofit corporation.
75-52,170 Same; duties of the secretary; requirements of agreements.