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This is the management of offenders in the community who have already been convicted. Community corrections are an alternative to imprisonment (schamalleger, 2011). Offenders report regularly to their community officers and may be forced to participate in unpaid community work and rehabilitation programs ("community corrections"). The community corrections include probation, parole and pretrial supervision. Probation entails the release of an offender to the community under supervision, parole is the conditional supervised release from jail and pretrial supervision is the close monitoring of an individual before trial. Community correction plays a major role in ensuring safety of the community by diverting low-risk offenders. It shifts the burden of corrections from institutions to communities. This reduces operational costs of such facilities by reducing the number of prisoners in them. This translates to less tax being paid by the citizens to run such facilities. Community corrections also breaks the cycle of reoffending by developing the offenders capabilities and treating those with problems such as personality disorders. This promotes overall safety of the community by breaking the cycle of crime. Training the individuals also prevent them from being dependent on others and therefore give them alternative sources of income.
