Tribe: Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
2.08.02 Purpose and Policy.
Port Gamble S’Klallam probation is a privilege. The PGST probation
program offers an alternative to immediate imposition of the full terms
of a criminal sentence while continuing to hold defendants accountable
for their criminal actions.
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe finds and declares that probation is a
desirable disposition of appropriate criminal cases for the following
reasons:
a) Probation provides a framework by which the Tribe can supervise
positive rehabilitative measures imposed on an offender by the
Court, with the goals of freedom from chemical dependency and
of deterring future criminal behavior;
The offender remains under the authority of the Court while
engaging in the educational, therapeutic, and community
restorative pursuits that add up to a successful
rehabilitation;
Probation affirmatively promotes the rehabilitation of the
offender by continuing community contacts;
Probation provides a means to hold the offender accountable in a
less restrictive setting than incarceration; and
Probation minimizes the impact of the conviction upon
innocent dependents of the offender.