Probation and Parole
Probation and Parole are critical components of the correctional system, focusing on supervising and rehabilitating individuals outside of incarceration. This directory provides articles and resources on the processes, challenges, and best practices for managing probation and parole cases. Understanding these aspects is essential for ensuring compliance, reducing recidivism, and supporting successful reintegration into society. For related content, explore our section on recidivism.
Understanding the role of personal appearance in officer safety
A probation officer’s credibility is judged by the quality of their field visit documentation
Union highlights significant wage gap for “under-appreciated, undervalued and misunderstood” probation officers compared to NYPD, correction staff
Jon Buice was one of 10 teens and young men arrested in the beating and stabbing death of Paul Broussard
The deal provides a 3 percent wage increase in 2015 and 2016, and also includes increases the county’s contribution toward a cafeteria plan
Allegheny County and federal authorities said Randall McFadden, 60, walked away from a halfway house after completing a 30-year sentence in the 1985 blast at the Warrendale bulk postal center
A 41-year veteran McLeod County probation officer was recently honored with the Inspire Award, after he was nominated by a domestic violence victim’s advocacy group
Gina Sanderson sought to fill a void when she created her program that seeks to help women who might need extra help getting back on their feet
The reforms give officers more options to help offenders stay on the right track, rather than simply punishing them when they break the law
Jeff Dewayne Bully, 45, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with five counts of rape
Lawyer is fighting against the requirement that registered sex offenders must post signs outside their homes, which she claims advertises their status as sex offenders and invites harm
Counties say they are concerned about public safety and worry lawmakers will shift state costs to local governments
He said he wasn’t expecting to win, despite a heroic event that he helped defuse as a hostage negotiator
Kevin Adrian Murtaugh was sentenced to life for the murder of his wife and licensed practical nurse Diane Camm
Nick Lackovich who is suspected of running a dog-fighting operation
After 30 years, Cleburne County’s longtime juvenile probation officer, Melody Gibbs, retired on Wednesday. Jane Norman replaced her in the post on Thursday
A Cincinnati-based company is one of the nation’s leading makers of fake urine
A bill up for a vote Thursday in the House shifts the parole board’s burden so it must have compelling reasons to keep inmates longer
Sentence prompted a judge to criticize state law that kept him from ordering a prison term
Gender affects not only how inmates are treated, but how officers interact with them and the policies they subscribe to when it comes to rehabilitation
Between drug and alcohol rehabilitation, debt, getting a job and child support, there’s often little left over to repay the victim of a crime
Indiana Department of Corrections officials are calling Daviess County one of the best community correction programs in the state
Monalisa Weber works to help those on probation understand their predicament and improve their situations
Marcus Davies threatened to attack the probation officer and ‘cut her up’ with a machete
Christopher John Smith, 38, was arrested Monday on probation violation charges
Suit says that Christopher Malloyd was sent back to prison after former sheriff’s Capt. Thomas Trice “maliciously” and falsely reported him as a parole violator
Today’s parole board has seven seats in a state with 32,000 inmates and thousands more supervised in the community
Sheriff’s office believes Nickcole Dykema intentionally “booby trapped” her home by hiding blades in blankets, floors, her yard, and even pins and needles in handles
A recent survey found widespread dissatisfaction among Colorado parole officers, even after two years of parole-reform initiatives
Original administrative rule prevented victims of crimes that weren’t prosecuted from speaking at an offender’s parole hearing
President Judge Shad Connelly wants to increase fees for those on probation and parole to pay for two more probation officers
Gabriel Medrano, 18, was seen in surveillance footage from a robbery that happened Aug. 14 at the Quik & Save Market
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