North Carolina § 143B-1154 - Eligible population.

§ 143B-1154. Eligible population.

An eligible offender is an adult offender who was convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony offense or is sentenced under the conditional discharge program as defined in G.S. 90-96 and meets any one of the following criteria: Received a nonincarcerative sentence of a community punishment. Received a nonincarcerative sentence of an intermediate punishment. Is serving a term of parole or post-release supervision after serving an active sentence of imprisonment. The priority populations for programs funded under this Subpart shall be as follows: Offenders convicted of a felony or offenders sentenced under G.S. 90-96 conditional discharge for a felony offense. Offenders identified by the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice using a validated risk assessment instrument to have a high likelihood of reoffending and a moderate to high need for substance abuse treatment. History (2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2011-192, s. 6(b); 2017-186, s. 2(nnnnnn).) Editor's Note. - G.S. 143B-274.1 through 143B-274.11 were enacted by Session Laws 2011-192, s. 6(b), effective July 1, 2011, as Article 6B of Chapter 143B . Article 6B was renumbered as Subpart B of Part 6 of Article 13 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. This section was enacted as G.S. 143B-274.5. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-192, s. 9, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Justice Reinvestment Act of 2011.'" Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(h), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Division of Adult Correction" for "Department of Correction" in subdivision (b)(2). Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(nnnnnn), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" in subdivision (b)(2).