(1) (a) The Department of Corrections shall provide or contract with a private entity to provide to members of the public wh o have made a notification request, notification of the release of an incarcerated person from a penitentiary, as defined in KRS 197.010, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail. The warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a perso n designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, of a penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, shall make available to the Department of Corrections, or any private entity under contract with the Department o f Corrections, the information necessary to implement this section in a timely manner and before the release of any incarcerated person from the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail. The Department of Corrections or the private entity under contract with the Department of Corrections shall be responsible for retrieving the information and notifying the requester in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Department of Corrections. (b) If an incar cerated person escapes from any penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, shall immediately provide the in formation necessary to implement this section. (c) If, upon a hearing, a court releases an incarcerated person and the incarcerated person does not return to the penitentiary, facility for youthful offenders, regional jail, or county jail, the warden, jail er, or chief administrator, or a person designated by the warden, jailer, or chief administrator, shall provide the information necessary to implement this section as soon as practicable. (2) The Department of Corrections shall promulgate administrative re gulations for the implementation of this section.
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