{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-533.017","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 533.017","heading":"Sentence to local day reporting program.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"County jail\" means all detention and penal facilities of a county, charter\ncounty,  urban-county government,  unified local government,  or\nconsolidated local government for adult offenders, together with all its\nrehabilitative facilities for adult offenders, including facilities operated by\nprivate agencies under  contract with the county, charter county,\nurban-county government, unified local government, or consolidated local\ngovernment;\n(b) \"Day  reporting program\" or \"program\" means  a  community-based,\nstructured sentencing program operated by a county jail that combines\nenhanced  community supervision with resources and services tailored to\nmeet identified offender needs; and\n(c) \"Eligible defendant\" means an individual convicted of a misdemeanor or a\nClass D felony who is eligible to serve all or part of his or her sentence in\na county jail or who is found in contempt of court and who meets the\nintake criteria established by the day reporting program to which the\nperson would be sentenced.\n(2) A court may sentence an eligible defendant as part of an alternative sentencing\nplan or as a sentence for contempt to a local day reporting program for a\nperiod of time not longer than the defendant's maximum  potential period of\nincarceration if:\n(a) The  program utilizes whenever practicable a validated screening tool\nbased on criminogenic risk factors to identify an individual's likelihood of\nreoffending and his or her treatment needs in determining program\neligibility;\n(b) The program has agreed to accept the defendant;\n(c) The  defendant agrees in writing to comply with the program's written\nterms and conditions; and\n(d) The defendant, if additionally required by the court or the program to do\nso, agrees to be subject to the conditions of electronic monitoring\npursuant to KRS 532.210 to 532.250.\n(3) In sentencing a defendant to a day reporting program under this section, a\ncourt may  authorize a temporary release from the program for any of the\npurposes allowed for the release of a jail prisoner under KRS 439.179.\n(4) The day reporting program shall provide a weekly report of all violations of the\nprogram's terms and conditions for each program participant to the sentencing\ncourt, to the prosecutor, and to the defendant in the case. If specified in the\nprogram's written terms and conditions, the program may alter the terms and\nconditions of a person's participation in the program in response to that\nperson's minor breach of the program's terms and conditions.\n(5) A  court may  alter or revoke a defendant's participation in a day reporting\nprogram if written notice of the grounds for alteration or revocation is given to\nthe  defendant and  a  hearing is conducted at which the defendant is\nrepresented by counsel. Following the hearing, if the court finds that the\ndefendant has without good cause failed to participate in the program or to\ncomply  with its terms and conditions, the court may  impose any additional\nsentence or other sanction specified in the original sentencing order.\n(6) The  Administrative Office of the Courts shall prescribe forms to be utilized in\nthe implementation of this section.\n(7) A day reporting program may be referred to as a day reporting center or other\nappropriate nomenclature in its day-to-day operations.","path":["KRS Chapter 533"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46842","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:06Z","sha256":"e4a3b666ef12af533aa333a8f653a24f01f609f16b09a438e15444bc51a1ddf4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-533.015","next":"us-ky/krs-533.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}