Connecticut Suspension of Sentence - Order of Community Service Application and Order

Community service is unpaid work that an offender is ordered to do by a court.

Community service, also known as community restitution, is a form of punishment intended to benefit the community that's been harmed by an offender's crime. Judges often order offenders to perform community service in addition to or instead of other forms of punishment, such as incarceration, fines, or probation.

What crimes can lead to a community service order? Damaging property, petty theft, non-grievous assault, shoplifting, drink driving or small-scale benefit fraud can lead to community service orders.

What crimes can lead to a community service order? Damaging property, petty theft, non-grievous assault, shoplifting, drink driving or small-scale benefit fraud can lead to community service orders.

A community service order is a non-custodial sentencing disposition whereby an offender serves his sentence by performing a prescribed number of hours of community service.

Court-ordered community service must be completed at a 501(c)3 non-profit agency. Any work done with such an agency must also be supervised in order to be documented. Non-profit agencies include schools, libraries, charity dining rooms, food banks, women's shelters, animal shelters, etc.

Volunteer at your local library. Volunteer to chaperone a field trip. Volunteer with a local nonprofit. Volunteer at an animal shelter. Volunteer at a community center. Volunteer as a lifeguard. Volunteer to be a crossing guard. Volunteer to do social media for a local org.

Cleaning up public spaces. nature conservation. garden and lawn work. assisting volunteer organisations to prepare food. sorting second-hand goods for charity. delivering services to the wider community.

What crimes can lead to a community service order? Damaging property, petty theft, non-grievous assault, shoplifting, drink driving or small-scale benefit fraud can lead to community service orders.