Attorney General Opinion No.

Robert J. Watson City Attorney 8500 Santa Fe Drive Overland Park, Kansas 66212

Dear Mr. Watson:

You request our opinion regarding the mandatory imprisonment requirements of K.S.A. 8-1567. Specifically you question whether a weekend intervention program in which the hospital provides private security guards would meet such requirements.

You note that in Attorney General Opinion No. 92-2 we concluded that "[t]he mandatory imprisonment required by K.S.A. 1990 Supp. 8-1567, as amended, for second offenses may be partially served in a restrained environment such as the Kansas City weekend…