{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-164-42.2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 164-42.2","heading":"Community corrections.","body":"The Commission shall recommend a comprehensive community corrections strategy and organizational structure for the State based upon the following:\n(1)\tA review of existing community-based corrections programs in the State;\n(2)\tThe identification of additional types of community corrections programs, including residential programs, necessary to create an effective continuum of corrections sanctions in North Carolina;\n(3)\tThe identification of categories of offenders who would be eligible for sentencing to community corrections programs and the impact that the use of a comprehensive range of community-based sanctions would have on sentencing practices;\n(4)\tA form of State oversight and coordination to ensure that community corrections programs are coordinated in order to achieve maximum impact; and\n(5)\tA mechanism for State funding and local community participation in the operation and implementation of community corrections programs;\n(6)\tAn analysis of the rate of recidivism of clients under the supervision of the existing community-based corrections programs in the State, recidivism here measured as the clients committing new crimes at any time subsequent to their entry into a community-based corrections program. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1076, s. 1; 1993, c. 253, s. 5.1; c. 321, s. 200.1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, s. 6(a); 1995, c. 236, s.1; 1997-256, s. 6; 1997-347, s. 2; 1997-401, s. 2; 1997-418, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 18.6(a).)","path":["Chapter 164. Concerning the General Statutes of North Carolina.","Article 4. Sentencing Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_164/GS_164-42.2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:32Z","sha256":"7e9926084012825e83ed0cf3ca0246944c9e08d3c3b5a9037da400202aec19a8","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-164-42.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-164-43"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}