2005 Vermont Code - § 351. — Definitions

§ 351. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Supervised community sentence" means a form of imprisonment to be served outside the walls of a correctional facility, subject to the rules of the commissioner and subject to revocation and incarceration pursuant to this chapter.

(2) "Alternative sentencing program" means a residential or nonresidential program operated by the department or contracted with public or private agencies to provide any of a range of sanctions, treatment or control functions, to include without limitation: half-way houses, day centers, community work programs, residential treatment centers, individual and group counseling, house arrest, electronic monitoring and intensive supervision. (Added 1989, No. 291 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)