Indiana Code 11-12-10-1. Establishment of programs
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 11-12-10-1
- community corrections program: means a community based program that provides preventive services, services to offenders, services to persons charged with a crime or an act of delinquency, services to persons diverted from the criminal or delinquency process, services to persons sentenced to imprisonment, or services to victims of crime or delinquency, and is operated under a community corrections plan of a county and funded at least in part by the state subsidy provided in IC 11-12-2. See Indiana Code 11-12-1-1
- 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.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Sec. 1. A county or a combination of counties shall establish a community transition program as part of its community corrections program. If a county does not participate in a community corrections program, each court with felony jurisdiction in the county shall provide community transition program services through the probation department for the court.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.209.