Tennessee Community Corrections Act

The act establishes a framework for community corrections — facilities and programs that supervise or house offenders in community-based settings rather than in prison — and authorizes them to be operated by units of local government, by tribal governments, or by nongovernmental agencies. It creates community corrections boards, setting their membership, appointment, terms, and compensation and defining their powers and duties, and it assigns administering authority and oversight responsibilities to a state department. It also allows a sentencing judge to place offenders in these facilities or programs subject to stated restrictions, provides for offenders to make payments in connection with their participation, and addresses escape from custody.

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