In accord with applicable state and local law, have
charge and supervision of the Department of Community Corrections
to ensure its effective and efficient operation to reduce reliance
on unnecessary incarceration in a manner consistent with public safety;
provide a means of punishment to an offender and a means of restitution
to the community; increase sentencing options to all criminal courts
in Ulster County; foster the development of employment, vocational,
and life skills as a way of improving situations which might otherwise
contribute to criminal activity; encourage and implement integration
between offender and community in the process of reducing dysfunction;
and forward the cause of alternative sanctions;