LEGAL ASPECTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 13289
• Author(s): G W Peters
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 122 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-NI-07-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE STATUTES SERVING AS CONSTRAINTS ON REGIONALIZATION OF CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS IN OMAHA AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

Abstract

THIS MEMORANDUM EXAMINES SOME LEGAL ASPECTS OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN NEBRASKA, EMPHASIZING CURRENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS GOVERNING CORRECTIONS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES, VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COUNTY JAIL, PROBATION, PAROLE, PARDONS, AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS. THE STUDY ALSO SUMMARIZES STATUTORY MATTER RELATING TO GOOD TIME, PRE-TRIAL RELEASE, WORK RELEASE AND POST CONVICTION RIGHT TO COUNSEL. FOLLOWING THE TEXTUAL DISCUSSION OF EACH TOPIC, EDITED VERSIONS OF PERTINENT STATUTES ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)