Criminal
Mar. 4, 2010
Community Service Hinders Prop 36 Program
Judge Don Howard of Amador County says nothing in Proposition 36 suggests use of community service as a punishment at the outset of probation.
By Don Howard
On Nov. 7, 2000, voters approved Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000. The Act took effect on July 1, 2001, and is codified in California Penal Code Sections 1210, 1210.1, 3063.1 and Division 10.8 of the Health and Safety Code Section 11999.4. The stated purpose and intent of Prop. 36 was to divert from incarceration into community-based substance abuse treatment programs nonviolent defendants, probationers and parolees charge...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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