Cite as: 22 CNCA § 991A-2

Any person who has been convicted of a nonviolent crime in the Nation may be sentenced, at the discretion of the Judge, to incarceration in the penal institution for a period of one or more nights or weekends with the remaining portion of each week being spent under probation, in lieu of any other kind of imprisonment prescribed by law for the particular crime. Any person incarcerated in the penal institution may be assigned work duties as may be approved by the Judge. The sentencing Court may require a person incarcerated pursuant to this act to pay the Nation for food and maintenance for each day of incarceration, an amount equal to the maximum amount prescribed by law to be paid by the Nation, to the Administrator for such expenses. For the purposes of this section, weekend incarceration shall commence at 6 p.m. on Friday and continue until 8 a.m. on the following Monday, and incarceration overnight shall commence at 6 p.m. on one day and continue until 8 a.m. of the next day. Provided, that the sentencing Judge may modify said times if the circumstances of the particular case require such action.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.