General Information
The Monroe County Community Corrections Program is a division of the Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department. The Community Corrections Executive Director is also a Deputy Chief Probation Officer. In Indiana, the basic sentencing options for crimes are jail, prison, and/or probation. Community Corrections alternatives such as Home Detention, Day Reporting and Work Release are also available in many Indiana counties. For misdemeanor offenses and lesser felony offenses, Judges may sentence individuals to jail, Community Corrections alternatives, and/or probation.
Monroe County Community Corrections Case Managers are certified probation officers who supervise caseloads of justice involved individuals who are serving jail/prison sentences on the Community Alternative Supervision Program (CASP). The CASP probation officers/case managers perform probation supervision duties.
The Monroe County Community Corrections Program provides a continuum of alternative services which includes:
- Community Transition Program - Individuals may be released from prison under home detention supervision as part of a coordinated reentry.
- Day Reporting - Justice involved individuals report daily for supervision monitoring including alcohol and drug testing.
- Home Detention - Justice involved individuals serve jail sentences in their homes while wearing ankle bracelets for Electronic Monitoring using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.
- Community Service Program - Community service work performed for non-profit agencies.