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AN ACT relating to corrections data reporting. 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 offenders released from 19
an institution, which shall include for each offense the: 20
1. Number of persons released; 21
2. Average sentence; 22
3. Average time served in years; 23
4. Average percentage of the sentence served; 24
5. Percentage of persons released on parole; and 25
6. Number of persons released who were serving a life sentence or a life 26
sentence without benefit of probation or parole until he or she has 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 224
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served a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of his or her sentence, and 1
the average time served in years; and 2
(f) A report on persons released from an institution on parole that shall include 3
the following: 4
1. Demographic information, including but not limited to: 5
a. Gender; 6
b. Race; 7
c. Age group at the time of release; 8
d. Parental status, and if the person is a parent, whether he or she 9
has any form of custody of his or her children; and 10
e. Gang affiliation; 11
2. Prison case information, including but not limited to: 12
a. Education level upon entry; 13
b. The number of dependents upon entry; 14
c. The crime of conviction; and 15
d. The number of years in prison prior to release; 16
3. Prior community supervision history, including any prior probation or 17
parole revocations; 18
4. Conditions of supervision, including but not limited to: 19
a. Mental health or substance abuse programming; 20
b. Cognitive skills or education programming; and 21
c. Any other condition of supervision; 22
5. Supervision activities, including but not limited to: 23
a. Parole violations; 24
b. The average number of days on parole between drug tests and 25
the percentage of positive drug tests; 26
c. The number of program attendances and unexcused absences; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS BR 224
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d. The number of jobs per year while on parole and the percentage 1
of days employed while on parole; and 2
e. The number of residence changes to a new zip code during 3
parole; 4
6. Prior criminal history, including the number of prior arrests and 5
convictions; and 6
7. Rates of recidivism. 7
(2) The department shall: 8
(a) Collect all data necessary to prepare the report and may promulgate 9
administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to 10
implement this section; and 11
(b) Make the full report and an executive summary available to the general public 12
on its website[Web site]. 13
Section 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 14