Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, in the event that an offender is sentenced to confinement in the department of correction for six (6) years or less and is committed to the department, the department shall have the authority to place the offender in a special alternative incarceration unit in lieu […]
An offender’s participation in any available treatment programs shall be in addition to, and shall not have the effect of reducing or otherwise diminishing, the offender’s participation in the full regimen of work, exercise and military-type discipline required by the special alternative incarceration program.
In placing an offender in a special alternative incarceration unit, the department of correction shall give priority to eligible offenders between the ages of seventeen (17) and twenty-five (25). In no event shall an offender who is over the age of thirty-five (35) be placed in a special alternative incarceration unit.
No offender shall be placed in a special alternative incarceration unit unless and until the offender has been classified by the department as a suitable candidate for an alternative treatment program in accordance with departmental policies and guidelines.
An offender convicted of any of the following offenses is ineligible to participate in the special alternative incarceration program: Class A felony; Aggravated robbery; An offense involving sexual contact or sexual penetration, as defined in § 39-13-501; An offense involving child abuse, child sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of a minor; An offense involving the […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, upon successful completion of a special alternative incarceration program, an offender shall be released to the supervision of the division of community services for the department of correction under the terms and conditions imposed by the department for the balance of the original sentence imposed […]
Notwithstanding the six (6) year or less sentence limitation of this part, an especially mitigated offender, as defined by § 40-35-109, or a standard offender, as defined by § 40-35-105, who is convicted of a violation of § 39-17-417(a) with respect to a controlled substance in an amount less than that set out in § […]
