§ 12-19-23.2. Intermediate punishments.
(a) As a part of or in lieu of the sentences otherwise provided by law, the court may
unless specifically restricted or authorized by law sentence any person who has been
adjudged guilty of any crime after trial before a judge or a judge and jury or before
a judge accepting the person's plea of nolo contendere or guilty to the offense in
the following manner:
(1) By placement of the offender on unsupervised probation with or without special conditions;
(2) By imposition of a sentence involving placement of the offender in supervis
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§ 12-19-23.2. Intermediate punishments.
(a) As a part of or in lieu of the sentences otherwise provided by law, the court may
unless specifically restricted or authorized by law sentence any person who has been
adjudged guilty of any crime after trial before a judge or a judge and jury or before
a judge accepting the person's plea of nolo contendere or guilty to the offense in
the following manner:
(1) By placement of the offender on unsupervised probation with or without special conditions;
(2) By imposition of a sentence involving placement of the offender in supervised probation
with field supervision rather than intensive supervision, with or without special
conditions;
(3) By imposition of a sentence of probation involving placement of the offender in intensive
supervision or placement in an alternative confinement program established pursuant
to § 12-19-2.2 without the necessity of an application of the director of the department of corrections
or placement of the offender in community restitution, with or without special conditions;
(4) By imposition of a sentence involving placement of the offender in community confinement
pursuant to § 42-56-20.2;
(5) By imposition of a sentence involving placement of the offender in a minimum security
facility which houses offenders who are preparing for their reintegration into the
community;
(6) By imposition of a fine as provided by law;
(7) By imposition of any combination of the intermediate punishments provided in this
subsection that justice requires and which the court in its discretion deems appropriate
under the circumstances.
(b) The director of corrections shall establish appropriate eligibility criteria and conditions
for offenders sentenced to intermediate punishments as identified in subdivisions
(a)(2) through (a)(5) of this section and may assign these functions to any subordinate
employees and officers that may to him or her seem feasible or desirable.