17-A §1261. Intensive supervision established
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 3:
Chapter 52: INTENSIVE SUPERVISION
§1261. Intensive supervision established
1. A sentence to imprisonment with intensive supervision means a sentence to confinement outside an institution under a set of rigorous conditions imposed at the time of sentencing. It is an alternative to institutional confinement which may be imposed in accordance with this chapter following a period of institutional confinement or as the initial unsuspended portion of a split sentence. It is a sentencing alternative available to the courts for those persons who would otherwise have been sentenced to institutional confinement.
[ 1991, c. 133, §1 (AMD) .]
2. The Intensive Supervision Program shall be composed of up to 10 intensive supervision teams. Each team shall be comprised of 2 Intensive Supervision Program officers. Each team shall have a maximum caseload of 25 offenders. The team shall contact each offender at least 5 times a week.
[ 1985, c. 821, §15 (NEW) .]
3. A sentence to intensive supervision is a sentence to a term of imprisonment. In the event that the Intensive Supervision Program or any essential aspect of the program is determined by the court to be constitutionally flawed, offenders sentenced to the program shall serve the sentences imposed at a state correctional facility determined by the Department of Corrections, just as each of them would have been compelled to serve the sentences in the absence of this program.
[ 1985, c. 821, §15 (NEW) .]
4. A person sentenced to a period of intensive supervision pursuant to this chapter is in the official custody of the Department of Corrections.
[ 1985, c. 821, §15 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1985, c. 821, §15 (NEW). 1991, c. 133, §1 (AMD).