# KRS § 439.250: 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560 > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 439.250 - **Heading:** 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560 - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.250 ## Text 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 prison 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 shall 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 rewards 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. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 439.177 439.177 Parole privileges for certain misdemeanants -- Duties of sentencing judge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.177.md) - [KRS § 439.179 439.179 Release of misdemeanants -- Purposes for which permitted -- Earnings of prisoner, records, and disposition -- Authority of District Judge and jailer](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.179.md) - [KRS § 439.250 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250.md) - [KRS § 439.265 439.265 Shock probation in felony conviction -- Procedure -- Exclusions -- Comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluation -- Exercise of authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.265.md) - [KRS § 439.267 439.267 Shock probation in misdemeanor convictions -- Procedure -- Exercise of authority -- Availability for sexual offenders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.267.md) - [KRS § 439.268 439.268 Probation program credits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268.md) - [KRS § 439.310 439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.310.md) - [KRS § 439.315 439.315 Payment of fee by released person -- Amount -- Waiver of payment -- Applicable to persons released by county containing a city of the first class or urban-county government](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.315.md) - [KRS § 439.320 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320.md) - [KRS § 439.330 439.330 Duties of board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330.md) - [KRS § 439.331 439.331 Risk and needs assessment of criminal risk factors of parole-eligible inmates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.331.md) - [KRS § 439.335 439.335 Scientific means of personality analysis to be used to establish level, intensity, terms, and conditions of supervision](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.335.md) - [KRS § 439.340 439.340 Parole of prisoners confined in adult penal or correctional institutions, halfway houses, and reentry centers -- Notice of prisoner's parole to be given to certain law enforcement officers, and to victims or their next of kin](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.340.md) - [KRS § 439.341 439.341 Probable cause revocation hearings of probation, parole, and postincarceration supervision violators](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.341.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250. 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