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Causes: Crime & Law, Legal Services
Mission: 1. Through the use of available state funds, the corporation provides services in criminal cases to indigent defendants who have been assigned counsel by the court in order to present to the court alternatives to incarceration. The program offers preparation of bail applications, pretrail release plans and pre-pleading pre-sentence reports with alternative sentencing proposals. 2. In addition, the corporation, under the auspices of the nys office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, provides group counselling and chemical testing in criminal cases.
Programs: To reduce crime and promote public safety by providing community-based corrections that will insure defendant/offender accountability.