Sample Language for Court Orders Imposing Placement Into a Residential Reentry Center
The following language may provide guidance when imposing a RRC condition. While this section includes sample condition language for special conditions that is intended to be clear and legally sound, there may be cases where the court or the parties determine that different language is necessary to account for the individual circumstances in that case. There may also be case law in individual circuits requiring variations from the sample special condition language. For instance, circuits vary in the level of specificity required in conditions to prevent over-delegation of authority to officers. Each district should fashion special conditions that comport with circuit case law requirements.
Sample Language for Pretrial Release to a RRC as an Alternative to Detention
Language for imposition of a condition of placement in a halfway house is available in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) Form 199B (“Additional Conditions of Release”).
Sample Language for Order of RRC as an Alternative to Incarceration
The following is sample language the court may use when imposing a RRC condition during probation: “You must reside in a residential reentry center for a term of ______ days. You must follow the rules and regulations of the center.”
Sample Language for Order of RRC as a Condition of Post-Conviction Supervision
The following is sample language the court may use when imposing a RRC condition to a person under post-conviction supervision: “You must reside in a residential reentry center for a term of ______ days. You must follow the rules and regulations of the center.”1
Last Updated: March 2020
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1 The sample language, which was endorsed by the Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Criminal Law Committee), is also available on the United States Courts website. See Overview of Probation and Supervised Release Conditions document, available at https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/overview-probation-supervised-release-conditions.