HOPKINSVILLE, KY – A partnership aimed at protecting taxpayer funding by providing qualifying offenders with alternatives to jail incarceration is entering its 10th year of service to Christian County residents.
The Christian County Fiscal Court and the judges and staff of the 3rd Judicial Circuit have collaborated for the past decade to offer services through the Community Corrections Grant Program, administered through the Kentucky State Corrections Commission. The program supports alternatives to incarceration for targeted offenders as defined by KRS 196.700.
The fiscal court received $50,000 from the grant program for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Those funds are being utilized to facilitate electronic supervision via ankle monitoring, as well as drug screenings for offenders so ordered in Christian County Circuit Court. Through contract vendors, program participants can await sentencing, or complete their sentences, in the community rather than in a cell, minimizing disruptions to their lives and families and allowing them to maintain employment, seek treatment and counseling, and take other steps toward a successful re-entry into society.
Benefits of investing in ankle monitoring
Chief Circuit Judge John Atkins, who chairs the local Community Corrections Board overseeing the grant program’s expenditures, has seen firsthand the benefits of the program in the individuals appearing before him in court…