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.
Kelly Ann McCann, convicted of fourth-degree assault, also sentenced to community service and probation for concussing a police officer
Pathways to Wellness aims to create or expand facilities aimed at treating mental health issues, substance use disorders and trauma
List ranks occupations by level of stress, driving home the importance of hiring responders who can remain calm during high-stress situations
Probation officers’ union is fighting an order that officers should not be armed during unannounced checks on inmates released under prison realignment.
Officer suffered a broken hand but was back at work Friday
The state-wide prisoner count so far this month is over 700 higher than the state had projected
Audit is designed to tell the extent of the breakdown and whether potentially dangerous criminals have remained free instead of facing probation revocation
Fresno County’s new chief probation officer, Rick Chavez, will be sworn in Thursday
Examining whether board may be too stringent on granting or revoking parole for felons within Montana correctional system
Need ways to improve how the sex-offender registry is updated when an offender is released from prison after officials failed to change information that would have indicated a felon — now accused in two killings — was no longer incarcerated
Want to halt a controversial training procedure for deputies hired specifically to do home visits with AB 109 inmates
Wants every criminal who violates probation to be sent to jail
Bill signed in June opens the door for implementing a newer, cost-effective technological system that will keep tabs on offenders
Last week, officers fired more than 6,000 practice rounds to make sure they’re ready to make any necessary probationer arrest
Official: “I think the perception ... is that these people are being watched 24 hours a day by someone in a command center. That’s just not happening.”
Department spokeswoman admitted the report of the bracelet fell through a gap in their community service system
Probationees can use the kiosks to check in with their probation officers
Will provide a 6% raise in three increments of 2% between this month and January 2015 for more than 9,000 sworn personnel in the Sheriff’s Department and more than 4,000 in probation
Stanislaus County supervisors could approve funding today for three emergency dispatchers for the regional 911 center
In 2010, there were 1,809 certified juvenile probation officers in Texas, each of whom processed an average of 18 cases
Probation Officer Sherrill Latasha Warren is expected to make a full recovery
Police and probation officers make curfew visits about once every two months to gang members judges have assigned to probation instead of jail or prison
Ohio Parole Board voted 6-4 to turn down a request for clemency for death row inmate Billy Slagle
The move is expected to immediately save the county $38,000
Said he enjoys seeing people who have made mistakes change their lives for the better
NC Conference of District Attorneys complained that convicted killers have been allowed to spend time at home without notice to local prosecutors or relatives of victims
29-year county veteran will head up a 650-person department that is responsible for monitoring and assisting roughly 10,000 newly-released jail and prison inmates
Suspect, like Evan Ebel, monitored with ankle bracelet
May be entitled to have their names removed from the sex offender registry under a state Supreme Court opinion issued Tuesday
Thinking for a Change is an integrated, cognitive behavioral change program for offenders that includes cognitive restructuring, social skills development and development of problem-solving skills
In the past two years, nearly 3,500 parolees have absconded from supervision