53-30-302. Purpose. - Montana Statutes

     53-30-302. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to:
     (1) encourage the development of community corrections facilities and programs by units of local government, tribal governments, and nongovernmental agencies;
     (2) reduce court commitments to the state prisons through diversion of offenders determined appropriate by the community corrections board to community corrections facilities and programs;
     (3) reduce the use of jail space for offenders who need a structured environment, treatment, counseling, and supervision but who may not require incarceration;
     (4) provide a local facility for employed offenders so that they may maintain their employment under a structured environment and receive treatment, counseling, and supervision;
     (5) provide a procedure by which units of local government, tribal governments, and nongovernmental agencies may provide corrections services to the sentencing courts; and
     (6) include citizen participation in the policymaking and program planning related to community corrections facilities and programs through the formation of local community corrections boards.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 554, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 322, L. 1997.