Vermont § 352 - Supervised community sentence

§ 352. Supervised community sentence

• (a) At the request of the court, the Commissioner of Corrections shall prepare a preliminary
  assessment to determine whether an offender should be considered for a supervised
  community sentence. (b) Upon adjudication of guilt, a finding of violation of probation, or a finding of civil
  contempt, and only after the filing of a recommendation for supervised community sentence
  by the Commissioner of Corrections, the court may impose a sentence of imprisonment
  and order that all or part of the term of imprisonment be served in the community
  subject to the provisions of this chapter. Such a sentence shall not limit the court’s
  authority to place a person on probation and to establish conditions of probation. (c) The conditions of a supervised community sentence shall be contained in a plan prepared
  by the Commissioner of Corrections as part of the presentence investigation and submitted
  to the court. The plan shall be designed to encourage the offender to lead a law-abiding
  life or assist the offender to do so, and to reasonably assure the safety of the community,
  repayment of any restitution, and performance of service to the community in compensation
  for the criminal act itself. The plan shall set forth the offender’s responsibilities
  under the sentence, conditions of behavior, objectives for treatment and supervision,
  and the form of reparation to the community. The court may approve or reject but
  not modify the plan. (d) Conditions in a plan for a supervised community sentence may be changed by the Commissioner
  of Corrections by adding, deleting, or modifying a condition. The offender may request
  the Parole Board to review an addition, deletion, or modification that substantially
  changes the plan or that substantially alters the limits on the offender’s liberty
  without good cause or an addition, deletion, or modification that is clearly unreasonable.
  The change shall go into effect pending the Parole Board’s review, which shall be
  concluded promptly. The decision of the Parole Board shall be final. (Added 1989, No. 291 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2011, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)