§ 57-530. Receiving center for new prisoners.

It is the intent of the State Legislature that all new prisoners sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections will be processed through the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center or at a place determined by the Director of the Department of Corrections.  The Department of Corrections shall administer physical and psychological examinations, inventory vocational skills, and assess educational and training needs.  The Department of Corrections shall determine initial security and custody classifications, plan for immediate or possible future assignment to an institution, community treatment center or other alternative to incarceration authorized by law, provide orientation and instruction with respect to rules and procedures for prisoners, and perform other such activities deemed necessary by the Department of Corrections.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 285, § 10, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974.  Amended by Laws 1978, c. 13, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1978; Laws 1993, c. 276, § 8, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 89, § 7, eff. July 1, 1998.