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Bowie County Community Supervision and Corrections Department

Alternative Incarceration Program (AIP)

The Alternative Incarceration Program (AIP) is a Community Corrections Program funded by Bowie County and administered by the Bowie County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. The AIP program provides a cost effective means to reduce crowded Correctional and Jail populations, while maintaining the close and frequent supervised monitoring of the offender/defendants. AIP is a coordinated effort between the referring courts, correctional facilities and law enforcement to provide appropriate selection and supervision of each defendant/offender. Additionally, a primary goal of AIP is to involve a network of public and private agencies to support and enhance the delivery and success of all Court Ordered Sanctions.

AIP may offer an alternative to serving a sentence in the Bowie County Correctional Center and/or considered as a condition of Community Supervision. The AIP target population will be low-risk jail bound offenders, charged with non-aggressive or violent crimes. AIP program components will stress surveillance, employment, community service, victim restitution, and the collection of a monthly fee to offset a portion of the additional supervision and monitoring expense.

AIP within Bowie County will include a curfew restriction, restricting the defendant to his/her residence during all hours except for court-approved limited activities.

Conditions and sanctions may include, but not limited to: curfew checks, urinalysis testing, community service work, home confinement, electronic monitoring and participation in education and treatment programming.

Offenders eligible for AIP

· Those found guilty of non-violent offenses and sentenced to the Bowie County Correctional Facility

· Probationers charged with technical or misdemeanor violations. (MTR pending or amendments).

· Drug Court participants serving a sanction.

· Civil supervision defendants revoked for technical violations.

· Defendants unable to make bond and/or meet a Pre-Trial Release criteria.

· Defendant’s waiting placement into SAFPF or other treatment facilities.

Alternative Incarceration Program (AIP)