40-36-103 - Purposes of chapter. - Tennessee Statutes

40-36-103. Purposes of chapter.

The purposes of this chapter are to:

     (1)  Establish a policy within the state to punish selected, nonviolent felony offenders in front-end community based alternatives to incarceration, thereby reserving secure confinement facilities for violent felony offenders; and

     (2)  Establish a mechanism whereby state funds are granted to local governments and qualified private agencies to develop a range of front-end community based punishments and services for eligible offenders under this chapter.

[Acts 1985 (1st E.S.), ch. 3, § 3.]