# KRS § 533.017: 533.017 Sentence to local day reporting program > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.017 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 533.017 - **Heading:** 533.017 Sentence to local day reporting program - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title L / Chapter 533 / Section 533.017 ## Text 533.017 Sentence to local day reporting program. (1) As used in this section: (a) "County jail" means all detention and penal facilities of a county, charter county, urban-county government, unified local government, or consolidated local government for adult offenders, together with all its rehabilitative facilities for adult offenders, including facilities operated by private agencies under contract with the county, charter county, urban-county government, unified local government, or consolidated local government; (b) "Day reporting program" or "program" means a community-based, structured sentencing program operated by a county jail that combines enhanced community supervision with resources and services tailored to meet identified offender needs; and (c) "Eligible defendant" means an individual convicted of a misdemeanor or a Class D felony who is eligible to serve all or part of his or her sentence in a county jail or who is found in contempt of court and who meets the intake criteria established by the day reporting program to which the person would be sentenced. (2) A court may sentence an eligible defendant as part of an alternative sentencing plan or as a sentence for contempt to a local day reporting program for a period of time not longer than the defendant's maximum potential period of incarceration if: (a) The program utilizes whenever practicable a validated screening tool based on criminogenic risk factors to identify an individual's likelihood of reoffending and his or her treatment needs in determining program eligibility; (b) The program has agreed to accept the defendant; (c) The defendant agrees in writing to comply with the program's written terms and conditions; and (d) The defendant, if additionally required by the court or the program to do so, agrees to be subject to the conditions of electronic monitoring pursuant to KRS 532.210 to 532.250. (3) In sentencing a defendant to a day reporting program under this section, a court may authorize a temporary release from the program for any of the purposes allowed for the release of a jail prisoner under KRS 439.179. (4) The day reporting program shall provide a weekly report of all violations of the program's terms and conditions for each program participant to the sentencing court, to the prosecutor, and to the defendant in the case. If specified in the program's written terms and conditions, the program may alter the terms and conditions of a person's participation in the program in response to that person's minor breach of the program's terms and conditions. (5) A court may alter or revoke a defendant's participation in a day reporting program if written notice of the grounds for alteration or revocation is given to the defendant and a hearing is conducted at which the defendant is represented by counsel. Following the hearing, if the court finds that the defendant has without good cause failed to participate in the program or to comply with its terms and conditions, the court may impose any additional sentence or other sanction specified in the original sentencing order. (6) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall prescribe forms to be utilized in the implementation of this section. (7) A day reporting program may be referred to as a day reporting center or other appropriate nomenclature in its day-to-day operations. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 533.010 533.010 Criteria for utilizing chapter -- Alternative sentences -- Monitoring by private agency -- Work release](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.010.md) - [KRS § 533.015 533.015 Alternatives to incarceration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.015.md) - [KRS § 533.017 533.017 Sentence to local day reporting program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.017.md) - [KRS § 533.020 533.020 Probation and conditional discharge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.020.md) - [KRS § 533.025 533.025 Rate of payment by department to county for incarceration of persons in jail -- Payment of work release fees to jailer and deduction from department's payment -- Department's custody of prisoner for specified medical conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.025.md) - [KRS § 533.030 533.030 Conditions of probation and conditional discharge -- Restitution to victim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.030.md) - [KRS § 533.040 533.040 Calculation of periods of probation and conditional discharge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.040.md) - [KRS § 533.050 533.050 Arrest of defendant on probation or conditional discharge -- Notice and hearing -- Exception under KRS 439.3108](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.050.md) - [KRS § 533.060 533.060 Probation or conditional release -- Effect of use of firearm -- Other felonies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.060.md) - [KRS § 533.065 533.065 Effect of person wearing body armor and carrying deadly weapon at time of offense](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.065.md) - [KRS § 533.070 533.070 Sentencing of defendant to work at community service related projects](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.070.md) - [KRS § 533.200 533.200 Form of sentencing for convicted persons who have not received a graduation certificate or High School Equivalency Diploma -- Exceptions for an individual with a severe intellectual disability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.200.md) - [KRS § 533.210 533.210 Conduct of program -- Costs -- License](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.210.md) - [KRS § 533.220 533.220 Failure to complete reading skills improvement program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.220.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TL_C533_S533.017. 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