Ky. Rev. Stat. § 196.705 : ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFARE — CORRECTIONS —COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS — Administration of programs by Kentucky State Corrections Commission - Purposes of programs

The purposes of the commission and community corrections programs shall be to:

(1) Provide the judicial system with sentences to be used in lieu of incarceration;
(2) Develop community-based sentencing alternatives to incarceration for certain individuals convicted of a felony;
(3) Monitor and enforce the payment of restitution to victims of crime and the community through financial reimbursement, community service, or both;
(4) Stimulate local involvement in community corrections programs to assure that they are specifically designed to meet the needs of the sentencing court and the community; and
(5) Reduce expenditures of state funds by increasing community-based sentencing, reducing the rate of recidivism, and reducing revocations of probation and parole.

KRS 196.705

Effective:6/24/2003
Amended 2003, Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 3, effective6/24/2003. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 9, effective 7/15/1994. - Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 1, effective 7/14/1992.