Montana Code 53-30-302. Purpose
53-30-302. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to:
Terms Used In Montana Code 53-30-302
- Community corrections board: means a community corrections board as provided in 53-30-312. See Montana Code 53-30-303
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(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 prisons through diversion of offenders determined appropriate by the community corrections board to community corrections facilities and programs;
(3)reduce the use of jail space for offenders who need a structured environment, treatment, counseling, and supervision but who may not require incarceration;
(4)provide a local facility for employed offenders so that they may maintain their employment under a structured environment and receive treatment, counseling, and supervision;
(5)provide a procedure by which units of local government, tribal governments, and nongovernmental agencies may provide corrections services to the sentencing courts; and
(6)include citizen participation in the policymaking and program planning related to community corrections facilities and programs through the formation of local community corrections boards.