(a) Any eligible person, who is within the jurisdiction of the Circuit or District Courts of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit, may be released at the discretion of a judicial officer from the Baldwin County Jail pursuant to the terms of the pretrial release program developed pursuant to this part or upon conviction sentenced to the custody of the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center or placed in programs developed pursuant to this part.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) An eligible person may be considered for participation in the programs developed pursuant to the provisions of this part upon an order of the court having jurisdiction of the eligible person, upon the motion of the eligible person, and upon motion of the district attorney. An eligible person may not be ordered by a judicial officer to be placed in the programs developed pursuant to this part unless the eligible person meets the criteria promulgated by the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for admission into a program and there is space available for the eligible person.
