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AN ACT relating to corrections. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 439.3103 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) By December 1 of each year[, beginning in 2012,] the department shall submit to 4
the Governor, the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim 5
Joint Committee on Judiciary[General Assembly], and the Chief Justice a 6
comprehensive report on its efforts to implement evidence-based practices to reduce 7
recidivism. The report shall include at a minimum: 8
(a) The percentage of supervised individuals being supervised in accordance with 9
evidence-based practices; 10
(b) The percentage of state moneys expended by the department for programs that 11
are evidence based, and a list of all programs with identification of which are 12
evidence based; 13
(c) Specification of supervision policies, procedures, programs, and practices that 14
were created, modified, or eliminated;[ and] 15
(d) The department's recommendations for resource allocation, and any additional 16
collaboration with other state, regional, or local public agencies, private 17
entities, or faith-based and community organizations; 18
(e) A length of stay report on time served by first time incarcerated individuals 19
released from the department's custody, which shall include for each 20
offense the: 21
1. Number of persons released; 22
2. Average sentence in days; 23
3. Average time served in days; 24
4. Average percentage of the sentence served; 25
5. Percentage of persons released on supervision; and 26
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sentence without benefit of probation or parole until he or she has 1
served a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of his or her sentence, and 2
the average time served in days; and 3
(f) A report on persons released from the department's custody on supervision 4
that shall include the following: 5
1. Demographic information, including but not limited to: 6
a. Gender; 7
b. Race; 8
c. Age group at the time of release; 9
d. Parental status, and if the person is a parent, whether he or she 10
has any form of custody of his or her children; and 11
e. Gang affiliation; 12
2. Case information, including but not limited to: 13
a. Education level upon release; 14
b. The number of dependents upon release; 15
c. The crime of conviction; 16
d. Whether the person was sentenced on or after July 15, 2024; and 17
e. The number of days in custody prior to release; 18
3. Count of: 19
a. Prior community supervision periods; and 20
b. Community supervision revocations; 21
4. Conditions of supervision, including but not limited to: 22
a. Mental health or substance abuse programming; 23
b. Cognitive skills or education programming; and 24
c. Any other condition of supervision; 25
5. Supervision activities, including but not limited to: 26
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b. The number of nontechnical violations; 1
c. The number of drug tests; 2
d. The percentage or number of positive drug tests; 3
e. The number of program completions while on supervision for 4
which the offender received good time credits and attendance 5
has been verified; 6
f. The number of jobs per year while on parole and the percentage 7
of days employed while on parole; and 8
g. The number of residence changes to a new zip code during 9
parole; 10
6. Prior criminal history, including the number of prior arrests and 11
convictions; and 12
7. Rates of recidivism. 13
(2) The department shall: 14
(a) Collect all data necessary to prepare the report and may promulgate 15
administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to 16
implement this section; and 17
(b) Make the full report and an executive summary available to the general public 18
on its website[Web site]. 19
Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 20
Department of Corrections shall procure a new inmate communications contract by 21
January 1, 2026. 22
Section 3. Section 1 of this Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 23