2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 47 JAILS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
47-638 Community Corrections Council; contract to conduct study; completion; submission.

47-638. Community Corrections Council; contract to conduct study; completion; submission.

(1) The Community Corrections Council shall contract with an organization with expertise in the field of corrections policy and administration to conduct a study of Nebraska's probation and parole service delivery system. The study shall:

(a) Identify areas of overlap in offender services provided by probation and parole administration and assess the potential for coordination of state-sponsored services and resources which assist in offender rehabilitation;

(b) Assess the optimum methods for delivery of a seamless continuum of offender services within the current probation and parole systems and analyze whether a single system would be to the advantage of state government and offenders;

(c) Undertake a comparative analysis of other states' probation and parole administrative systems to include, but not be limited to, issues relating to personnel salary and benefits structures, hiring standards, officer caseloads, and officer training curriculum; and

(d) Assess service needs of juveniles on probation, their access to services, and the appropriate minimum array of services to be available for juveniles on probation throughout the state.

(2) The study shall be completed on or before December 31, 2007, and a copy of the completed study shall be submitted to the Chief Justice, the Governor, and the Speaker of the Legislature.

Source

Laws 2007, LB540, § 4.