439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560.
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As used in KRS 439.250 to 439.560, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)"Secretary" means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet;
(2)"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Corrections;
(3)"Department" means the Department of Corrections;
(4)"Deputy commissioner" means the deputy commissioner of the Office of Adult
Institutions or the deputy commissioner of the Office of Community Services and
Facilities of the Department of Corrections;
(5)"Board" means the Parole Board created by KRS 439.320;
(6)"Community supervision" means:
(a)The placement of a defendant under supervision with conditions imposed by a
court for a specified period during which:
1. Criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of guilt; or
2. A sentence of imprisonment or confinement, imprisonment and fine, or
confinement and fine, is probated and the imposition of sentence is
suspended in whole or in part; or
(b)The placement of an individual under supervision after release from prison or
jail, with conditions imposed by the board for a specified period;
(7)"Parole compliance credit" means a credit on a paroled individual's sentence for
program credit, work-for-time credit, educational accomplishment, or meritorious
service and shall be calculated pursuant to the applicable provisions in KRS
197.045 and 197.047;
(8)"Probation program credit" means a credit on the sentence of a supervised
individual who is on probation, probation with an alternative sentence, or
conditional discharge for educational credit, program completion credit, or work-
for-time credit calculated pursuant to KRS 439.268;
(9)"Supervised compliance credit" means a credit on a paroled individual's sentence
for compliance with supervision that shall be calculated pursuant to KRS 439.345;
(10)"Positive reinforcement" means any of a wide range of rewards and incentives,
including but not limited to awarding certificates of achievement, reducing
reporting requirements, deferring a monthly supervision fee payment, removing
supervision conditions such as home detention or curfew, or asking the supervised
individual to be a mentor to others;
(11)"Probation and parole district supervisor" means the highest ranking field probation
or parole administrator in each district; and
(12)"Supervised individual" means an individual placed on probation, probation with an
alternative sentence, or conditional discharge by a court or serving a period of
parole or post-release supervision from prison or jail.