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 penitentiary through diversion of low-risk, nonviolent felony offenders to community corrections facilities and programs;
     (3) provide a procedure by which units of local government, tribal governments, and nongovernmental agencies may provide corrections services to the sentencing courts; and
     (4) 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.