Alternative Sentencing Unit - Charts

What this chart shows: Work Release days of service & number of participants, 2000-2001

Data Source for this chart: Larimer County Sheriff's Department

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What these data tell us: Work Release participants are sentenced to a specific amount of time in the program. For many years there has been a waiting list with the number of people on the list growing each year. As of January 2002, there are 54 people on a waiting list. They will wait 3-4 months to participate in this program.

Data Source for this chart: Larimer County Sheriff's Department

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What these data tell us: The number of workender participants decreased in 2001 in part because the number of days of the sentence increased.

Data Source for this chart: Larimer County Sheriff's Department

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What these data tell us: Home Detention is not as restricted in the number of people it can accommodate, compared to the other alternative sentencing programs. These numbers are a reflection of judges' orders and the Sheriff's department's decisions about the appropriateness of home detention for inmates in their care.

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