The Community Corrections Department is a State funded program that promotes and implements locally developed and operated corrections programs for non-violent offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated in state prisons and local jails.

The purposes of the Community Corrections program are:

• to reduce crowding in state prisons and local jails by placing non-violent offenders in safe, highly structured community punishment programs which do not jeopardize public safety;
• to make offenders pay back victims through restitution and community service work;
• to develop additional middle range sentencing options for the judges in Clinton County;
• to provide treatment and educational services to non-violent Clinton County offenders aimed at reducing recidivism;
• to encourage greater involvement of local government officials and citizens in correctional programs.