4.9: Community Service
Community service can be its own punishment or can act as a condition of probation or an alternative to paying restitution or a fine (each hour of service reduces the fine or restitution by a particular amount, until it is paid in full). Community service is unpaid work by an offender for a civic or nonprofit organization. In federal courts, community service is not a sentence, but a special condition of probation or supervised release.
Figure 4.2 File: Community Service Work Detail for 35th District Court Northville Michigan.JPG . This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.