Prisoners Granted Early Release

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Tuesday, nearly 1,000 state prisoners are granted early release. House Bill 463, the comprehensive and controversial overhaul that became state law June 8th, was intended to save more than $40 million a year in Department of Corrections costs, with a large chunk of those savings being reinvested in community supervision and counseling programs to keep prisoners from ending up back behind bars. The average yearly cost to incarcerate a state prisoner in Kentucky is $21,906, according to data from the Department of Corrections. The average cost to supervise out-of-custody criminals is $987.