KRS 439.3103: Annual report on efforts to implement evidence-based practices to reduce

recidivism -- Administrative regulations.

(1) By December 1 of each year the department shall submit to the Governor, the

Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on

Judiciary, and the Chief Justice a comprehensive report on its efforts to implement

evidence-based practices to reduce recidivism. The report shall include at a

minimum:

(a) The percentage of supervised individuals being supervised in accordance with

evidence-based practices;

(b) The percentage of state moneys expended by the department for programs that

are evidence based, and a list of all programs with identification of which are

evidence based;

(c) Specification of supervision policies, procedures, programs, and practices that

were created, modified, or eliminated;

(d) The department's recommendations for resource allocation, and any additional

collaboration with other state, regional, or local public agencies, private

entities, or faith-based and community organizations;

(e) A length of stay report on time served by first time incarcerated individuals

released from the department's custody, which shall include for each offense

the:

1. Number of persons released;

2. Average sentence in days;

3. Average time served in days;

4. Average percentage of the sentence served;

5. Percentage of persons released on supervision; and

6. Number of persons released who were serving a life sentence or a life

sentence without benefit of probation or parole until he or she has served

a minimum of twenty -five (25) years of his or her sentence, and the

average time served in days; and

(f) A repo rt on persons released from the department's custody on supervision

that shall include the following:

1. Demographic information, including but not limited to:

a. Gender;

b. Race;

c. Age group at the time of release;

d. Parental status, and if the person i s a parent, whether he or she has

any form of custody of his or her children; and

e. Gang affiliation;

2. Case information, including but not limited to:

a. Education level upon release;

b. The number of dependents upon release;

c. The crime of conviction;

d. Whether the person was sentenced on or after July 15, 2024; and

e. The number of days in custody prior to release;

3. Count of:

a. Prior community supervision periods; and

b. Community supervision revocations;

4. Conditions of supervision, including but not limited to:

a. Mental health or substance abuse programming;

b. Cognitive skills or education programming; and

c. Any other condition of supervision;

5. Supervision activities, including but not limited to:

a. The number of technical violations;

b. The number of nontechnical violations;

c. The number of drug tests;

d. The percentage or number of positive drug tests;

e. The number of program completions while on supervision for

which the offender received good time credits and attendance has

been verified;

f. The number of jobs per year while on parole and the percentage of

days employed while on parole; and

g. The number of residence changes to a new zip code during parole;

6. Prior criminal history, including the number of prior arrests and

convictions; and

7. Rates of recidivism.

(2) The department shall:

(a) Collect all data necessary to prepare the report and may prom ulgate

administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement

this section; and

(b) Make the full report and an executive summary available to the general public

on its website.