In accordance with T.C.A. Title 40, Section 36, it is the policy of the State of Tennessee to punish selected felony offenders and other special needs felony offenders in front-end community based alternatives to incarceration, thereby reserving secure confinement facilities for violent felony offenders and to provide state funding to local governments and qualified private agencies for the establishment of local sanctions and services for eligible offenders under this Act.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0420-02-02-.05
Authority: T.C.A. Section 40-36-103.