Report: Vague And Burdensome Probation Conditions Put People Unnecessarily Behind Bars
Widely-adopted probation conditions that are vaguely defined, burdensome and rigidly applied across the country are unnecessarily landing...
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Jun 92 min read
MD Removes Probation Head After Sex Offender Allegedly Kills Agent
The secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services appointed three interim leaders to head the agency’s...
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Crime and Justice News
May 141 min read
66 L.A. County Probation Officers Suspended for Misconduct
The Los Angeles County Probation Department has placed 66 of its officers on administrative leave in the past five months due to alleged...
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Crime and Justice News
May 102 min read
Study: Probationers Struggle With Electronic Monitoring Violations
New research, which looks at four decades of state data for electronic monitoring of probationers, concludes that those defendants who...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 42 min read
Maine Probation System Struggles, As 713 Have Died Since 2013
From 2013 through 2023, 713 people in Maine’s adult community corrections system died on probation, according to data provided via...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 232 min read
Study: Of State Prison Admissions, 44% Violated Probation-Parole
A new analysis from the Council of State Government Justice Center found that despite recent declines, parole-probation violators still...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 122 min read
Mental Illness Overrepresented in Probation Population
Adults on probation are more than twice as likely to have a serious or moderate mental illness as those in the general public, found an...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 9, 20232 min read
New Looks at Parole-Probation, From Prison Policy Initiative And From NY 'Less is More' Coalition
A new briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative, "Guilty by association: When parole and probation rules disrupt support systems,”...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Pennsylvania Senate Approves Probation Overhaul, House To Vote
The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate approved a bill overhauling the state's probation system, News From The States reports. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Texas Study Questions Use of Juvenile Probation, Length of Terms
A rare look at juvenile probation, using years-old data from Texas, suggests that too many children are placed for too long on probation,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 24, 20232 min read
Reports Prescribe Fixes for Parole, Probation Flaws That Incarcerate Too Many
Connecticut, like many states, desperately needs reforms to its parole and probation systems, a new report from the Prison Policy...
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Crime and Justice News
May 11, 20233 min read
Does Broad Reach Of Probation, Parole 'Set People Up To Fail'?
Nearly two million people are behind bars in the U.S., but this number doesn’t capture the true reach of the criminal justice system in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Probationer, Parolee Mortality Rates Much Higher Than The Public
Research shows that people on probation and parole have high mortality rates, two and three times higher than the public at large. That...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Deep Look Inside the Probation 'Quagmire'
The scattershot array of state-run probation systems has evolved away from its original purpose of providing public accountability and...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Should Probation and Parole Be Abolished If They Don't Stop Crime?
Three experts are suggesting "extensive downsizing" of probation and parole or "experimentation with its abolition." The proposals come...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20223 min read
Probation Supervision Doesn't Cut Recidivism, Must Be Improved
Far more people are under community supervision, outside of jails and prisons, as punishment for criminal offenses, than are behind bars....
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Meek Mill's Reform Push Hits Resistance From the Left
The celebrity and billionaire-backed REFORM Alliance, a project to reform probation laws, has enjoyed bipartisan support in state...
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