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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 196.700 to 196.735, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commission” means the Kentucky State Corrections Commission created in KRS 196.701;
(2) “Community corrections program” means a local government agency, private nonprofit, or charitable organization within the judicial circuit which shall perform one (1) or more of the following:
(a) Prepare community penalties plans;
(b) Directly provide, arrange, or contract with public and private agencies for sentencing services for offenders; and
(c) Monitor the progress of offenders placed on community penalty plans or who receive sentencing services through provisions of KRS 196.700 to 196.735;
(3) “Community corrections programs plan” means a written plan for the development, implementation, operation, and improvement of a community corrections program;
(4) “Community penalties plan” means a plan presented in writing to the sentencing judge which provides a detailed description of and rationale for the targeted offender's proposed sentence to a community corrections program or to one (1) or more special programs, conditions of probation, community punishments, or sanctions in lieu of lengthy incarceration;
(5) “Conditions of supervision” means conditions of probation, parole, mandatory reentry supervision, or other form of post-prison supervision;
(6) “Judicial circuit” means the circuits prescribed by KRS 23A.020;
(7) “Supervised individual” means an individual placed on probation by a court or serving a period of parole or other form of post-release supervision; and
(8) “Targeted offenders” means persons charged with or convicted of one (1) or more felonies who under application of law are eligible for probation or suspension of sentence.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVII. Economic Security and Public Welfare § 196.700.Definitions for KRS 196.700 to 196.735 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xvii-economic-security-and-public-welfare/ky-rev-st-sect-196-700/
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