KRS 196.705: Administration of programs by Kentucky State Corrections Commission --

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 commun ity-based sentencing, reducing the rate of recidivism, and reducing revocations of probation and parole.