Each county or collaboration of counties electing to operate a community-based punishment program under this chapter shall develop a community-based punishment plan describing the continuum of sanctions and services comprising its program. The plan shall be developed pursuant to guidelines established by the board and shall be updated annually or as determined by the board. The plan shall describe, at a minimum, the following:
(a) System design and administration, lines of authority, and responsible personnel, including, but not limited to, the chief correctional administrator and other relevant individuals.
(b) The extent and nature of citizen involvement in the development and promulgation of the community-based punishment plan, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Consultation with a citizens’ advisory committee formed for the purpose of providing community input into the development and promulgation of a community-based punishment plan.
(2) Consultation with selected community leaders.
(3) Input derived from citizen testimony at public hearings or town hall meetings.
(c) The number and kind of offenders to participate in community-based punishment programs.
(d) Eligibility requirements.
(e) How offenders, including those coming from the courts and those who are probation and parole violators, are to be selected to participate.
(f) Community-based punishment program components, including, for example, which punishment options, intermediate sanctions, treatment options, or combinations are to be developed and used for which offenders.
(g) Responsibilities and relationships, including, but not limited to, the elements of community-based punishment programs that are administered by the sheriff’s department, the probation department, or parole personnel, and when and how offenders are to be programmed.
(h) Criteria for transferring offenders from more restrictive to less restrictive sanctions.
(i) Criteria for disciplinary interventions, imposition of stricter sanctions, or return to prison or jail, when necessary.
(j) Anticipated costs and funding needs.
(Added by Stats. 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 41, Sec. 4. Effective November 30, 1994.)
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