Establishes the Office of Community Justice Programs to oversee community corrections and pretrial services in Massachusetts.

The bill establishes the Office of Community Justice Programs within the Massachusetts probation service. It authorizes the executive director to develop and implement standards for community justice plans, including programs like intensive supervision with treatment, pretrial services, and reentry services. The executive director can suspend funding or take administrative control of non-compliant programs or those that threaten public safety. The bill also allows the probation department to use community justice programs for probationers not sentenced to intensive supervision with treatment.

Establishes the Office of Community Justice Programs to oversee community corrections and pretrial services in Massachusetts.

The bill establishes the Office of Community Justice Programs within the Massachusetts probation service. It authorizes the executive director to develop and implement standards for community justice plans, including programs like intensive supervision with treatment, pretrial services, and reentry services. The executive director can suspend funding or take administrative control of non-compliant programs or those that threaten public safety. The bill also allows the probation department to use community justice programs for probationers not sentenced to intensive supervision with treatment.