North Carolina § 164-42 - 2. Community corrections.
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§ 164-42. 2. Community corrections.
The Commission shall recommend a comprehensive community corrections strategy and organizational structure for the State based upon the following: A review of existing community-based corrections programs in the State; The identification of additional types of community corrections programs, including residential programs, necessary to create an effective continuum of corrections sanctions in North Carolina; The identification of categories of offenders who would be eligible for sentencing to community corrections programs and the impact that the use of a comprehensive range of community-based sanctions would have on sentencing practices; A form of State oversight and coordination to ensure that community corrections programs are coordinated in order to achieve maximum impact; and A mechanism for State funding and local community participation in the operation and implementation of community corrections programs; An analysis of the rate of recidivism of clients under the supervision of the existing community-based corrections programs in the State, recidivism here measured as the clients committing new crimes at any time subsequent to their entry into a community-based corrections program. History (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1076, s. 1; 1993, c. 253, s. 5.1; c. 321, s. 200.1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, s. 6(a); 1995, c. 236, s. 1; 1997-256, s. 6; 1997-347, s. 2; 1997-401, s. 2; 1997-418, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 18.6(a).) Editor's Note. - The subdivisions of this section were enacted as subdivisions (a) to (f) by Session Laws 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1076, s. 1, and redesignated as subdivisions (1) to (6) at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.
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Section 164-42 ("2. Community corrections.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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