California Penal Code § 3450(b)(8)(E)
Community Corrections
Legislative Findings and Declarations, Definitions
Postrelease Community Supervision Act of 2011
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(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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(8) “Community-based punishment” means evidence-based correctional sanctions and programming encompassing a range of custodial and noncustodial responses to criminal or noncompliant offender activity. Intermediate sanctions may be provided by local public safety entities directly or through public or private correctional service providers and include, but are not limited to, the following:
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(E) Restorative justice programs, such as mandatory victim restitution and victim-offender reconciliation.
