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Bench Book - 2.5 Purpose of the ICAOS

Against this backdrop, concerned parties proposed a new Compact to the states. Defined in Article I, the purpose of the Compact provided:

[T]he framework for the promotion of public safety and protect the rights of victims through the control and regulation of the interstate movement of offenders in the community; to provide for the effective tracking, supervision, and rehabilitation of these offenders by the sending and receiving state; and to equitably distribute the costs, benefits, and obligations of the Compact among the Compacting states.