Marshall County, Indiana

Community Corrections

Mission Statement

Provide cost effective programs utilizing evidence based practices to generate positive change.

Components of Community Corrections

• Home Detention/GPS Electronic Monitoring
• Jail Treatment Program
• Scram Remote Alcohol Breath Testing
• Community Transition Program

Procedures for Admission

The Defendant must complete a Community Corrections worksheet and then schedule an interview. To schedule an interview call the Office at 574-935-8782. This appointment must be at least three weeks prior to your sentencing date.

The Offender is required to bring the following documents to the Interview.

A completed Community Corrections Application and General Rules and Special Conditions Packet; which must include the completed employer agreement.

Eligible Requirements include but are not limited to the following

• Permanent Residence
• Financial Ability to Pay the Required Fees
• Must be Employed
• Have not been removed from this or any other Community Correction Program within the past seven (7) years
• Must not have a history of convictions involving, resisting LE, violence involving weapons or criminal sexual acts
• Not considered a risk or threat to the community
• Have had no history of escape and/or absconding
• Currently have no warrants, detainers, holds or orders of protection issued by a Court of another Jurisdiction

The following is a list of characteristics that disqualify an individual from being placed on Home Detention

1. Multiple prior (history of) convictions involving resisting, violence, weapons, or criminal sexual acts;
2. History of escape and /or absconding;
3. Expelled or discharged unsatisfactorily from any prior community correction program;
4. Flight risk or a threat to the physical safety of the public;
5. Serious mental or physical illness that hider their abilities to follow the guidelines of Marshall County Community Corrections;
6. Conviction of an ineligible offense in the preceding seven (7) years from the current conviction date (see the below list of offenses); or
7. Currently has a warrant, detainer, hold, or order of protection issued by a court of another jurisdiction.

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