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  A Community Correction Order allows an individual to remain in the community while serving their sentence.
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  Home Detention Orders require an offender to be at a specified premise, during specified times and to comply with strict conditions, including electronic monitoring.
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  Community service involves unpaid work under the direction of a Probation Officer or a Community Service Supervisor. Community service may be required in sentencing or for unpaid infringment fines.
- Court Mandated Diversion and Drug Treatment Orders
  A Court Mandated Diversion is a sentencing option that diverts eligible offenders into treatment for their drug use.
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  A Parole Order allows a prisoner to serve part of their sentence in the community under strict conditions monitored by their Probation Officer.
- Programs
- EQUIPS Programs
  The Explore, Question, Understand, Investigate, Practice, Succeed (EQUIPS) programs help medium to high risk offenders with a history of addiction, aggression, and domestic abuse.
- Family Violence Offender Intervention
  The Family Violence Offender Intervention Program (FVOIP) is for people with a history of family violence offences.
- Sober Driver Program
  The Sober Driver Program is designed for repeat drink driving offenders.

Offender's obligations during the program (Court Mandated Diversion)

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Court Mandated Diversion (CMD) is not an easy option.

Offenders sentenced to this order will have restrictions placed on them and must meet various obligations. These conditions help the individual break the drug-crime cycle and recover from drug use.

On a Drug Treatment Order (DTO), an offender must abstain from all illicit drug use.

Other obligations that are generally included are that the offender must:

submit to regular, random urinalysis
attend regular face-to-face case management with a Court Diversion Officer (CDO)
attend regular court reviews with a Magistrate or Judge
attend individual counselling and group programs

There are often more obligations, which will be explained to the offender by the court or the CDO after being sentenced to the program.

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Last updated: 8 August 2022

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