Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part VI - Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Chapter 451 - INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT PROGRAMS
INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT PROGRAM MINIMUM STANDARDS
Section 451.112 - Community Service Program

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 451.112

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The board shall approve and implement written policies and procedures for community service.

(b) The Community Service Program policies and procedures shall include the following elements:

(1) A drug testing capability for appropriate offenders. Those counties which choose to contract out the coordination of a Community Service Program to a noncourt agency, such as the Red Cross or United Way, shall implement procedures to ensure the proper conducting of the drug testing.

(2) Equitable and consistent assignment of community service hours within a standard range.

(3) Procedures for the documented onsite supervision of each offender performing community service.

(4) The establishment of an annual reporting system to collect individual offender and aggregate program data on community service ordered and community service performed.

(5) The anticipated length of offenders' participation in the Program.

(6) A monitoring component to ensure offenders' compliance with the conditions of the Program.

(7) Policy and procedure for responding to major and minor violations of Program conditions.

This section cited in 37 Pa. Code § 451.34 (relating to Prison Facilities Improvement Act Funding qualification and Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority or Intermediate Punishment Sentencing Act authority only).

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