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196.715 Services for targeted offenders -- Assessment of victims' needs.

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196.715 Services for targeted offenders -- Assessment of victims' needs. (1) A community corrections program shall be responsible for providing services for targeted offenders which shall include one (1) or more of the following: <br>(a) Preparing detailed community penalty plans for presentation to the prosecution, the sentencing judge, and by the offender's attorney. (b) Providing treatment, punishment, management, supervision, rehabilitation, mentoring, employment, and other services to targeted offenders, or <br>contracting or arranging with public or private agencies for services for <br>targeted offenders, as described in the community corrections plan. (c) Monitoring the progress of offenders under community penalty plans. (2) A community corrections program shall be responsible for assessing the needs of victims for restitution or other types of assistance resulting from the crime, and for <br>tailoring community-based sanctions for the offender which correspond to the needs <br>of the victim and the community. Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992.