Tribe: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
2–3–201. Declaration of purpose and policy.
The Tribal Council finds and declares that probation is a desirable disposition of appropriate criminal cases because:
(1) It provides a framework by which the Tribes can supervise positive rehabilitative measures imposed on an offender by a court;
(2) The offender remains under the purview of the Court while engaging in the educational, therapeutic and community restorative pursuits that add up to a successful rehabilitation;
(3) It maximizes the liberty of the individual while at the same time vindicating the authority of the law and effectively protecting the public from further violations of the law;
(4) It affirmatively promotes the rehabilitation of the offender by continuing normal community contacts; and
(5) It minimizes the impact of the conviction upon innocent dependents of the offender.