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criminal justice role in sentencing and corrections Criminal Justice has to contend with conflicting and diverse pulls like budgetary constraints , public safety and need for offender accountability Meaningful alternatives to the current judicial remedies must be constantly evolved through new statutory sentencing structures cost effective strategies must be innovated for correction spending Felony occurring before 1999 December 31 were tried under Indeterminate sentencing structure . It was so named because felons may be paroled from prison and discharged from supervision prior to serving maximum sentence

imposed by Judge . This Sentence structure is such that the judge may impose sentence for each charge resulting in conviction the sentence is for a period of time not exceeding the statutory maximum . The sentence length includes , the Time in Prison The time on parole . The convict might get credit against the time he has to serve , based on his Parole behavior and duties he discharges in prison . They may be released after they have served 2 /3rds of the sentence , unless some infractions of regulations by convict provokes an extension . The Indirect sentence structure allowed judges to exercise broad discretion over the disposal and duration of the sentences , and so also the Parole Boards , who too held the discretion of release . The system came under fire in mid 70s . A system that limited the discretionary powers was sought New sentencing guidelines to promote Truth .In .sentencing were tooled abolition of parole followed and mandatory statutory laws shaped the Determinate sentence policies The Determinate sentencing structure , also called Truth in sentencing and Bifurcated sentence - as the Judge specified the sentence in two parts , was applied to all felony committed after 1999 December 31 however , Life sentences and grave sexual offences and substance absuse cases were not come under this sentence structure . The judge specifies the Term under prison and Term in Community under extended supervision . A Fine may be imposed in addition to , or instead of , Probation The Extended Supervision was governed by Intensive Sanctions Programs which formed part of the Extended Supervision . Sentencing guidelines were made bringing into consideration , the gravity of the offence and the rehabilitation needs of the offender The public safety also had to be kept in consideration . After his term the convict was transferred to the state correction Institution for evaluation and judging of appropriateness of the sentence . The Intensive Sanctions program was designed to be less costly than imprisonment , and more restrictive than ordinary probation . It had component phases , which were Intensive and well structured , and customized to the offence and offender . This took care of aspects like public safety , accountability by repeat offender (who otherwise would be transported to prisons at great cost to the state , only to be released , and again return ) and avoided prison over crowding . A judicial committee review made in Wisconsin disclosed that the number of offenders in the program decreased from 1628 in the community in 97 to 5 in 2006 Probation : When a person is convicted of crime , the court sanctions...