Release: KY Smart on Crime Announces Policy Agenda for 2023 Session of Kentucky General Assembly
Today, Kentucky Smart on Crime, a coalition of 14 organizations dedicated to justice reforms in the Commonwealth, announced its 2023 agenda for the Kentucky General Assembly. The group, which was established in 2016, has its sights set on tackling the Commonwealth’s overreliance on incarceration as well as addressing overdose crisis. Areas of focus include investment in mental health and substance use disorder treatment, reclassification of simple possession, increasing access to expungement, reform of the Persistent Felony Offender (PFO) statute, and more.