Kentucky FY24 SJSP

The Kentucky Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center (CJSAC) proposal requests funding for the Phase 3 buildout of the Kentucky Offender Online Lookup (KOOL) system. The KOOL system is a public-facing interface allowing users to find offender information within the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC). The system allows visitors to access offender information, including but not limited to name, sentencing dates, expected time to serve, parole eligibility date, conviction information, and parole information. The website allows users to connect to the Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE) service, which will inform potential victims of crime of changes to the status of an offender, including sentencing dates and release. CJSAC proposes a partnership with the Kentucky DOC to rebuild and improve upon the existing KOOL system. CJSAC will issue a procurement contract with Tyler Technologies to build the new system. The funding from this award will specifically fund Phase 3: Statistics Search- Likelihood of Reincarceration. This function will allow CJSAC and the Department of Corrections to analyze and make publicly available data on recidivism rates within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Constraints of the current KOOL system limit analysis of recidivism data to 2012 and earlier; the system improvements will bring the analysis of this information to the current day. Phase 3 will be guided by the Department of Corrections statutory reporting requirements listed in KRS 196.091.