196.705 Administration of programs by Kentucky State Corrections Commission --

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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.