{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-36-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-103","heading":"Purposes of chapter","body":"The purposes of this chapter are to:\n(1) Establish a mechanism for using state funds to contract with local governments and qualified private entities to develop community-based alternatives to incarceration that provide a treatment-centered pathway and community-based supervision for offenders, thereby reserving state penal institution, local jail, or workhouse bed space for other offenders;\n(2) Facilitate the growth of treatment-centered pathways to alleviate geographical disparities in Tennessee with respect to the availability of such pathways available to judges at sentencing; and\n(3) Reduce the number of felony offenders committed to state penal institutions, local jails, and workhouses for whom a treatment-centered pathway and appropriate evidence-based community supervision will result in less recidivism and more effective outcomes.","path":["TN Code","Title 40","Chapter 36"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"fde3d0d51db902b3e051b6984c940c1bc996d6937743ddc39c3e7e53b4dc4723","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-36-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-40-36-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}