KRS 439.250: Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560.

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 p rison 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 sh all 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 rewa rds 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.