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3 CRIMINAL JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM--NC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION In category 1, persons with prior conviction levels I through VI may be sentenced locally to intermediate or community sanctions. Of category I convicted felons in FY 92-93 from Orange and Chatham counties who might be sentenced locally, 22 had prior conviction level 1, 22 level 111, 8 level M, 1 level IV and none in levels V and VI. A total of 53 or 26% of convicted felons in FY 92-93 in Orange and Chatham counties who might be sentenced to intermediate or community sanctions were in this category. There were 59 persons in category H with prior conviction level 1, 22 persons in Category I with a prior conviction level I and 22 in category I with a prior conviction level H. This total of 103 or 51% of convicted felons in FY 92-93 may receive a community sanction based on the grid. Therefore, the remaining 100 or 49% of convicted felons in FY 92-93 in the various categories would be sentenced to intermediate sanctions under structured sentencing according to the grid. Since much of the above analysis was based on projections of the numbers of persons who may be sentenced to community and intermediate sanctions based on FY 92-93 felony prison admissions, the Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board will continue to analyze cells in the grid vs. data from the actual experience with structured sentencing. A broad goal of this comprehensive plan is to reduce prison admissions due to substance abuse, with objectives of gaining reductions in probation revocations and reductions in new criminal offenses. The advisory board will encourage development of local policies as appropriate to achieve its goals and objectives and enhance the working of the sentencing grid.