{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-439.177","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 439.177","heading":"Parole privileges for certain misdemeanants -- Duties of sentencing judge.","body":"(1) Any misdemeanant may petition the sentencing court for parole privileges.\n(2) The sentencing judge shall study the record of all persons petitioning for parole and,\nin his discretion, may:\n(a) Cause additional background or character information to be collected or\nreduced to writing by the Department of Corrections;\n(b) Conduct hearings on the desirability of granting parole;\n(c) Impose on the parolee the conditions he sees fit;\n(d) Order the granting of parole;\n(e) Issue warrants for persons when there  is reason to believe they have violated\nthe conditions of their parole and conduct hearings on such matters;\n(f) Determine the period of supervision for parolees, which period may be subject\nto extension or reduction;\n(g) Grant final discharge to parolees.\n(3) The sentencing judge shall keep a record of his acts, and shall notify the appropriate\njail official of his decision relating to the persons who are or have been confined\ntherein.\n(4) When an order for parole is issued, it shall recite the conditions  thereof, and such\norders shall be transmitted to the Department of Corrections.\n(5) The period of time spent on parole shall not count as a part of the prisoner's\nmaximum sentence except in determining the parolee's eligibility for a final\ndischarge from parole as set out in subsection (7).\n(6) Paroled prisoners shall be under the supervision of the department and subject to its\ndecision for the duration of parole. Supervision of the parolee by the Department of\nCorrections shall cease at the time of recom mitment of the prisoner to the jail as a\nparole violator, or at the time a final discharge from parole is granted by the\nsentencing judge.\n(7) When any paroled prisoner has performed the obligations of his parole during his\nperiod of active parole supervis ion, the sentencing judge may, at the termination of\na period to be determined by the sentencing judge, issue a final discharge from\nparole to the prisoner. Unless ordered earlier by the sentencing judge, a final\ndischarge shall be issued when the prisoner  has been out of jail on parole a\nsufficient period of time to have been eligible for discharge from jail by maximum\nexpiration of sentence had he not been paroled, if before this date he had not\nabsconded from parole supervision or that a warrant for paro le violation had not\nbeen issued.\n(8) The prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor and released on parole under the\nprovisions of this statute shall be subject to all reasonable Department of\nCorrections regulations.","path":["KRS Chapter 439"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19145","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:52Z","sha256":"7cf864deb4d27236b9559d4c561926271cf54dbfdf71d37640e7ebabd8a7b660","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-439.175","next":"us-ky/krs-439.179"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}