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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 42 - PENAL INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 8 - PROBATION
ARTICLE 9 - PROBATION MANAGEMENT
§ 42-8-153 - System of administrative sanctions

O.C.G.A. 42-8-153 (2010)
42-8-153. System of administrative sanctions


(a) The department is authorized to establish by rules and regulations a system of administrative sanctions as an alternative to judicial modifications or revocations for probationers who violate the terms and conditions of the sentencing options system established under this article. The department may not, however, sanction probationers for violations of special conditions of probation or general conditions of probation for which the sentencing judge has expressed an intention that such violations be heard by the court pursuant to Code Section 42-8-34.1.

(b) The department shall only impose restrictions which are equal to or less restrictive than the sanction cap set by the sentencing judge.

(c) The administrative sanctions which may be imposed by the department are as follows, from most restrictive to least restrictive:

(1) Probation detention center or residential substance abuse treatment facility;

(2) Probation boot camp;

(3) Department of Corrections day reporting center;

(4) Intensive probation;

(5) Electronic monitoring;

(6) Community service; or

(7) Probation supervision.

(d) The department may order offenders sanctioned pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (c) of this Code section to be held in the local jail until transported to a designated facility.