§ 240. Office of probation and correctional alternatives. 1. There shall be in the division of criminal justice services an office of probation and correctional alternatives, hereinafter referred to in this article as “the office”. The head of the office shall be the director of probation and correctional alternatives, who shall be appointed by the […]
§ 242. State probation commission. 1. There shall be a state probation commission. It shall consist of the director and six other members to be selected as follows: (a) three shall be appointed by the governor from among persons who, as members of the community, have demonstrated an interest and involvement in the field of […]
§ 243. Supervision of administration of local probation and correctional alternatives. 1. The office shall exercise general supervision over the administration of probation services throughout the state, including probation in family courts and shall collect statistical and other information and make recommendations regarding the administration of probation services in the courts. The office shall endeavor […]
§ 244. Hostels and foster homes. 1. The office is hereby authorized to provide or to pay for care in a hostel or foster home approved by the office as suitable for such cases for any probationer or parolee under the age of twenty-one years when the parole board or a judge of a court […]
§ 245. Probation staff training and development. The office of probation and correctional alternatives shall conduct training programs for city, county and state probation personnel, prepare and execute programs of information and education to interest persons in the field of probation as a vocation, encourage the development by schools within the state of courses of […]
§ 246. State aid for probation services. 1. The program of state aid to county probation services shall be administered by the division of criminal justice services with the advice of the state probation commission and the director of the office of probation and correctional alternatives. Funds appropriated to the division for distribution as state […]
§ 248. Establishment of probation scholarships. The office, out of moneys appropriated to it for that purpose, is authorized to grant scholarships for graduate training in any course of study that would be of substantial value in the field of probation at graduate schools located within the state whose programs are registered by the regents. […]
§ 249. Educational or training leaves of absence. The local director of probation, chief probation officer, or other head of a probation department, bureau or unit, if he is the appointing authority therefor, or otherwise such appointing authority, with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county or the appropriating body of the […]
