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