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;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.705

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(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.
Effective: June 24, 2003
History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 3, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994. – Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
255, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.

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