Section 54-108e – Duties of probation officers. Availability of information contained in alternative sentencing plan or community release plan

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

(a) Probation officers shall provide intensive pretrial supervision services, in accordance with guidelines developed by the Court Support Services Division, whenever ordered to do so by the court.
(b) Probation officers shall complete alternative sentencing plans, in accordance with guidelines developed by the Court Support Services Division, for persons who have entered into a stated plea agreement that includes a term of imprisonment of two years or less, whenever ordered to do so by the court.
(c) Probation officers may evaluate persons sentenced to a term of imprisonment of two years or less who have been confined under such sentence for at least ninety days and have complied with institutional rules and necessary treatment programs of the Department of Correction, and may develop a community release plan for such persons in accordance with guidelines developed by the Court Support Services Division. If a probation officer develops a community release plan, the probation officer shall apply for a sentence modification hearing under section 53a-39.
(d) Information contained in an alternative sentencing plan or a community release plan shall be available only to:

(1) Employees of the Judicial Branch who in the performance of their duties require access to the information contained in such plan;
(2) employees and authorized agents of state or federal agencies involved in the design and delivery of treatment services to the person who is the subject of such plan;
(3) employees of state or community-based agencies providing services directly to the person who is the subject of such plan;
(4) an attorney representing the person who is the subject of such plan in any proceeding in which such plan is relevant;
(5) employees of the Division of Criminal Justice who are assigned to the court location where the court ordered completion of an alternative sentencing plan pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or where a sentence modification hearing will be heard pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; and
(6) employees of the Department of Correction.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-108e

( P.A. 11-51, S. 21; P.A. 12-133, S. 33; P.A. 14-173, S. 3.)

Amended by P.A. 14-0173, S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.
Amended by P.A. 12-0133, S. 33 of the the 2012 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2012.
Added by P.A. 11-0051, S. 21 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 6/30/2011.