Sexual abuse treatment program for incarcerated sex offenders
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case South v. Tennessee Board of Paroles (1996)
Most recently applied in South v. Tennessee Board of Paroles (December 1996)
Acts 1985, ch. 478, § 35; 1998, ch. 970, § 1; 2000, ch. 947, § 6; 2010, ch. 1100, § 69; 2012, ch. 575, § 1.
(1) The department of correction, in cooperation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services, shall develop a sexual abuse treatment program for sex offenders incarcerated after the program is instituted.
(2) Successful participation and completion of the treatment program shall be a consideration for parole from a correctional institution.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.