Probation and Parole
The Probation and Parole topic addresses the vital role parole officers play in intelligence gathering, how officers can prioritize safety on home visits, how GPS units can enhance offender monitoring and report writing best practices.
Bridging the gap: Enhancing communication between jails and probation departments through technology
Effective communication is critical in any setting, but it becomes even more significant within the context of the criminal justice system, where people’s lives and futures are at stake
Some of the proposed legislation would make all state prisoners serve 85% of their sentences before they’re eligible for early release as a reward for good behavior
The court’s opinion cited developmental differences between adults and children and their differing capacities for rehabilitation
Providing access to web-based services can give parolees more freedom, and increase the effectiveness of their supervision and rehabilitation
Lee Boyd Malvo and his accomplice, John Allen Muhammad, shot and killed 10 people and wounded three others over a three-week span in October 2002
Al-Damany Kamau committed the execution-style murder of Det. John Sczyrek with the help of a probation officer, who smuggled a handgun into the courthouse
The father of 30-year-old Nicholas A. Barrett had called his son’s parole officer to report the weapon and told him he no longer wanted his son’s parole address listed as the father’s home
Out of 595 people who were released on $0 bail from April 2020 through June 2021, 420 were re-arrested, with 123 of them arrested for violent crimes
The bill would automatically seal conviction and arrest records for most ex-offenders who are not convicted of another felony for four years after completing their sentences
The hearing at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo was the 18th time Fred Woods appeared before a parole board for a hearing
Maine abolished parole in 1976, and is one of 16 states that does not allow it
Because of incompatible computer systems, a judge set a low bail for Walker not knowing he had recently been let out of jail before starting a seven-year prison sentence for burglary
The funding is part of a $125 million award by the Board of State and Community Corrections to 24 government and community-based organizations to fund a variety of recidivism-reduction programs
The man told authorities that he thought the “other half of his keys” was in one of the vehicles
The attack killed Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz and wounded Officer Sino Seng as the two sat in an unmarked vehicle
Two men say a former New Orleans judge forced them to use and pay for ankle monitors from ETOH, a company owned by the judge’s former law partner
Looking and acting the part begins with your very first interaction with clients
The change proceeds from litigation challenging a 1973 law that prevents someone convicted of a felony from having voting rights restored while they are still on probation, parole or post-release supervision
Sit on both sides of the desk to assess the potential hazards in your office
In response to COVID concerns, local courts had required jails to set bail for all misdemeanor and felony offenses at $0.01, with exceptions for crimes such as serious or violent felonies
AB 1641 will require such predators to be monitored while on a conditional release program from rehabilitation programs
Two consecutive governors previously blocked parole for Rene “Boxer” Enriquez in part based on the argument that he is safer in prison than on the streets
Tonya Chapman filed a $7 million lawsuit against WTVR-TV and reporter Jon Burkett in March 2021, alleging defamatory statements in stories published about an investigation of the parole board by the state’s government watchdog agency
Police officials, prosecutors and halfway house operators had condemned the policy as jeopardizing public safety
“They said he lacks empathy,” the inmate’s attorney said
“Teenagers, even those who have committed terrible crimes, have a unique capacity for growth and change,” Gov. Kate Brown said
The findings come as the governor seeks $126.6 million in the next fiscal year and $162.5 million annually thereafter to expand treatment
Ike Nicholas Souzer, who was taken back into custody Sunday, was released over objections from his family and the DA’s office
“If he is released early, he will continue to break the law,” the DA’s office wrote last year in a letter vehemently opposing parole
The best teachers in any profession are the ones who do the work every day
“It is nearly impossible to believe that someone can attempt murder on Monday and walk out of jail on Wednesday,” Craig Greenberg said
“The law was on our side. Until this law was not,” a family member said
Since 2016, parole boards have recommended five times that Leslie Van Houten be freed from prison
