The kentucky criminal justice statistical analysis center (cjsac) proposal requests funding for the phase 3 buildout of the kentucky offender online lookup (kool) system

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.550 - State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers) will fund Phase 3 of the buildout of the Kentucky Offender Online Lookup (KOOL) system. The KOOL system is a public-facing interface that allows users to access offender information from the Kentucky Department of Corrections, including details on sentencing, parole eligibility, and victim notification services.

The funding will specifically support improvements to the KOOL system's recidivism data analysis capabilities, enabling the Kentucky Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center (CJSAC) and the Department of Corrections to analyze and publicly report on current-day recidivism rates within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This project will be executed through a procurement contract between CJSAC and Tyler Technologies. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.

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.