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.
The Probation Department is working to meet staffing requirements by offering $24,000 signing bonuses and a new standby program that pays officers to be “on call”
“We need accountability in a criminal justice system that … has run off the rails,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said
The renewed Local Conditional Release Commission releases low-level offenders who are then monitored by probation for a year
Reginald Clemens, 47, is also simultaneously serving a term for assaulting a CO in 2007
Utah authorities said they had miscalculated her sentence and she would be freed about six years earlier than expected
20 violent offenders will now be granted hearings
Chapman, now 63, shot Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980
The bill was largely opposed by Republicans, the bail industry and some law enforcement groups
A well-designed and implemented multi-faceted approach to offender reentry is significantly lowering recidivism rates
Mark David Chapman has been denied parole nine times already for the 1980 shooting death of the rock ‘n’ roll legend
Attorneys for Nathanial Cook said the court had no other choice but to release the 59-year-old now that he has completed serving 20 years in prison as part of an agreement
Leslie Van Houten was found guilty of taking part in the brutal killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1971
Our criminal justice system should not unfairly target individuals of lower socioeconomic means; here’s what needs to change
Strategies to enable probation and parole to help offenders reintegrate into society can have a dramatic effect on recidivism rates
The families of the slain officers said they didn’t want a repetition of what happened in the Herman Bell case
The bill would have permitted the state to continue sending juvenile offenders to prison with no chance for parole
Herman Bell’s release spurred protests from LE, elected officials and the family of one of the slain officers
Probation and parole officers are in a unique position to document domestic violence situations, but many don’t have the proper training to identify red flags
Justice Richard Koweek ruled that the state Parole Board did not act irrationally or outside its bounds when it granted parole last month to Herman Bell
State Supreme Court in Albany issued a temporary restraining order halting Herman Bell’s release
As a teenager, Ethan Couch invoked “affluenza” in his defense after killing four people in a drunken wreck
For the first time in a decade, Florida juvenile detention and probation officers will see a bump in their salaries
The parole board’s report supports arguments by the lawyer for death row inmate William Montgomery that there’s too much doubt and uncertainty about the case
Herman Bell was imprisoned for the 1971 killings of Officers Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones
A judge’s ruling ordered the state to consider earlier parole for potentially thousands of sex offenders
Gerald Fornshell has been convicted for at least the sixth time for publicly exposing himself
The legislation would raise CO pay in the state by $6,000
The Texas parole board made a rare recommendation to commute a death sentence
The Court’s 2016 decision in the case opened the door for roughly 2K other juvenile offenders to argue for their release
A judge said California must consider earlier parole for potentially thousands of sex offenders, maybe even those convicted of pimping children
A three-member panel must decide whether to grant parole to a prisoner who’s getting his first chance at freedom after nearly a half-century behind bars
Lawmakers urged officials in New York to deny the release of Herman Bell, a who was one of three men convicted of killing two NYC cops
Two new reports re raising questions about New York’s probation and parole system and offering suggestions for making it more effective
