Nebraska Statutes 47-1103. Terms, defined
For purposes of the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 47-1103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Advisory board means the Reentry Continuity Advisory Board established in section 47-1117 ;
(2) Board means the Board of Parole;
(3) Committed offender has the same meaning as in section 83-170 ;
(4) Community work release and reentry center or center means a residential home, halfway house, or other facility operated by a private provider pursuant to an agreement in writing either with the division or the department for providing housing and supervision of committed offenders placed in the center by the division for work release and for vocational training, education, programming, or behavioral health or mental health treatment;
(5) Department means the Department of Correctional Services;
(6) Division means the Division of Parole Supervision;
(7) Individualized release plan means a detailed written plan outlining a committed offender’s future vocational goals, training, employment, and needed treatment services following the committed offender’s release from a community work release and reentry center;
(8) Private provider means a partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, organization, or similar entity which is operated on a nonprofit basis and which, under a contract with either the division or the department, has agreed to operate a community work release and reentry center pursuant to the act;
(9) Probation administration means the Office of Probation Administration;
(10) Reentering person means an individual who is subject to supervision by the division or probation administration, not including juvenile probation, or who was recently in the custody of the department or a county jail and was released with no supervision;
(11) Reentry housing means temporary housing for reentering persons, generally in the first year following a period of incarceration; and
(12)(a) Reentry housing facility means a facility which is owned or operated by a private organization, whether nonprofit or for-profit, that receives direct payment from the board, division, probation administration, or department to provide reentry housing.
(b) Reentry housing facility includes, but is not limited to, a community work release and reentry center.
(c) Reentry housing facility does not include a health care facility as defined in section 71-413.