GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE BILL 67

Short Title:  Probation/Parole Diversion Study.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Kerr.
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Referred to:  Courts.
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February 11, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF DIVERTING PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATORS TO RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Department of Correction, Division of Adult Probation and Parole, shall study the feasibility of diverting probation and parole violators into residential community corrections centers similar to those currently being operated in other states.  The study shall examine the possibility of housing probation and parole violators, who currently constitute approximately fifty-three percent (53%) of prison admissions in this State, in separate facilities operated as work camps, substance abuse treatment centers, or any other type of facilities designed to address the special problems of probation and parole violators.  The Department of Correction, Division of Adult Probation and Parole, shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1994 Regular Session of the 1993 General Assembly.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.