{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-22-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-22-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Terms used in chapters 1-15, 1-54, 16-14, 16-22, 23A-27, 23A-47, 24-15, 24-15A, and 32-23 mean:\n(1) \"Alcohol or drug accountability program,\" the 24/7 program or the HOPE program described in §§ 16-22-8 and 16-22-9;\n(2) \"Board,\" the Board of Pardons and Paroles;\n(3) \"Case plan,\" an individualized, documented accountability and behavior change strategy that:\n(a) Matches the type and intensity of supervision to the assessed risk of reoffending;\n(b) Targets and prioritizes the specific criminal risk factors of the individual, with attention to addressing barriers to learning and participation; and\n(c) Establishes a timetable for achieving specific behavioral goals, including a schedule for payment of victim restitution, child support, and other financial obligations;\n(4) \"Court-ordered financial obligation,\" money that an offender is required to pay and can include restitution, fines, costs, and fees, but does not include child support payments;\n(5) \"Criminal risk factors,\" characteristics and behaviors that, when addressed or changed, affect a person's risk for committing crimes. The term includes: antisocial behavior; antisocial personality; criminal thinking; criminal associates; dysfunctional family; low levels of employment or education; poor use of leisure and recreation; and substance abuse;\n(6) \"Department,\" the Department of Corrections;\n(7) \"Evidence-based practices,\" supervision policies, procedures, and practices and treatment and intervention programs and practices that scientific research demonstrates reduce recidivism among individuals under correctional supervision;\n(8) \"Outcome measure,\" a metric that captures an agency's effectiveness in impacting a condition within the population served or condition of public safety;\n(9) \"Oversight council,\" the council established by § 16-22-21;\n(10) \"Parolee,\" an offender under parole or suspended sentence supervision by the Department of Corrections;\n(11) \"Performance measure,\" a metric that captures agency performance on critical variables that are central to accomplishing the agency mission and goals within this chapter;\n(12) \"Recidivism,\" a return to prison within three years of release due to a parole or suspended sentence violation or due to a prison sentence as a result of a new felony conviction. However, for the purposes of §§ 16-22-3, 16-22-15, and 16-22-24, the term means being convicted of a felony while on probation supervision or within three years after discharge from probation;\n(13) \"Risk and needs assessment review,\" an examination of the results of a validated risk and needs assessment;\n(14) \"Secretary,\" the secretary of the Department of Corrections;\n(15) \"Treatment,\" when used in a criminal justice context, targeted interventions that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior and reflect evidence based practices;\n(16) \"Validated risk and needs assessment,\" an actuarial tool scientifically proven to determine a person's risk to reoffend and criminal risk factors, that when addressed, can reduce the person's likelihood of engaging in future criminal behavior.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-22. PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-22-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"4e19b73876c7581e793cd5336347cb1bd348e08e9383f17dba46dcb234245f63","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-21a-10","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-22-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}