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COMMUNITY
BASED
CORRECTIONS
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COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS

Community based corrections apply not only to changes in the teadional

location and use of prisons but also to the inclusion of specific correctional
efforts within this new design. The government is forced to consider
community-based corrections as a n alternative to imprisonment. This is
probably the result of an effort to relieve the pressure of overcrowding.
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• DIFFERENT COMMUNITY-BASED
PROGRAMS
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• Work release - in this program, selected inmates are released from the institution during the day to go to their
job in the community while spending daily after-work hours on weekends in confinement.

2. Academic pass or steady release - this is similar to work release in that inmates are permitted to leave the
institution to attend school and return to prison or community after class.
3. Conjugal and Family visitation - the spouse and in some instances, children of inmates are permitted to visit a
special facility of the prison. Usually, a separate section of the prison or small cottages are made available and the
inmate may have the privacy and engage in the physical phase of the conjugal relationship.
4.Home Furlough - the inmate returns home for a few days without supervision. This is intended to build a solid
base of community and family support before the inmates walk out the front gate of the prison.
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GOOD CONDUCT TIME

ALLOWANCE (GCTA)
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This is an allowance given in consideration for the good conduct

of the prisoner and as a motivation for his good behavior while
serving his sentence. These allowances are granted by the Director
of Prisons and once given cannot be revoked.
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CORRECTIONAL
DISCRETION
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These are the following correction discretion:

• To determine the prison institution where the offender will be imprisoned;
• To determine the types of the programs to which the offender will be
imprisoned;
• Determine the degree of custody;
• Award of privileges;
• To grant or deny “good time”
• Punish disciplinary infractions;
• To make recommendations to the parole board
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