California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Government Code - GOV |
Title 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES |
Division 2. OFFICERS |
Part 2. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS |
Chapter 13.6. San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Act |
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions, Findings, and Definitions |
Section 26290.7.
Latest version.
-
"Prevention program" means a program, administered by the county, designed to decrease the number of inmates incarcerated in county adult detention facilities by providing alternatives to incarceration, or by providing counseling, diversion, or intervention programs, or by providing both. Alternatives to incarceration, include, but are not limited to, alternative work programs, work furlough programs, half-way houses, and own recognizance services. Counseling, diversion, or intervention programs, include, but are not limited to, drug and alcohol counseling, parole counseling, and pretrial screening.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1634, Sec. 1.)