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Nearly 2% of U.S. Adults on Parole or Probation at Year-End 2013 by Matthew Clarke According to a statistical report released by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics in October 2014, there were nearly 4.8 million U.S. adults on some form of community supervision at the end …
New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program by David Reutter The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s (OPSO) administration of New Orleans’ Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) was an almost “total failure,” according to the city’s Inspector General, Ed Quatrevaux, who found deficiencies in the program compromised public safety and wasted …
Appeals Court Strikes Down Stringent Sex-Offender Probation Conditions by Derek Gilna Charles Murray was sentenced to 95 months' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, and as part of that sentence was required to fulfill "various special conditions of supervised release that, for example, require(d) him to …
Should Spend Less Violating Parolees, Probationers by A recent report argues that California's parolees and probationers are proportionally far less of the population arrested for new crimes and, thus, law-enforcement resources should target the overwhelming majority of offenders who aren't under community supervision. The study, released in 2013 by the …
Publication • September 1, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Parole, Probation
Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety, PEW, 2016 A brief from Aug 2016 Missouri Policy Shortens Probation and Parole Terms, Protects Public Safety Individuals on community supervision can earn credits to reduce their sentences Overview In 2012, Missouri established an “earned compliance credits” policy that allows …
Article • August 25, 2016
California "Reason to Know" Probation Condition Not Unconstitutionally Vague by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeals held that a probation condition prohibiting association with persons “you know, or reasonably should know” are drug users is not unconstitutionally vague. In 2012, Jaime Mata Mendez was convicted of California drug charges …
Article • August 23, 2016
Filed under: Probation
Texas Need Not Prove Ability to Pay Probation Fees Before Revocation by Matthew Clarke In a November 14, 2012 opinion, The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the prosecution is not required to prove that a probationer was able to pay fees before he was revoked for nonpayment. The …
Article • August 22, 2016
Fifth Amendment Right Waived, If Not Invoked During Polygraph Test by Pennsylvania parolee David S. Knoble served his sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, conspiring with his wife for her to engage in sexual intercourse with his 14-year old son and then placed on four-year probation. He was …
Federal Probation Officer Sexually Abuses Five Women by A 22-year veteran federal probation officer faces indictment and suit for sexually abusing five women under his supervision, from late 2006 until retiring in mid-2009. Gaillynn Monica Abbott filed a July 20, 2010, federal lawsuit against her federal probation officer, Mark John …
Publication • August 19, 2016
Profiting from Probation - America’s “Offender-Funded” Probation Industry, Human Rights Watch, 2014 H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H PROFITING FROM PROBATION America’s “Offender-Funded” Probation Industry Profiting from Probation America’s “Offender-Funded” Probation Industry Copyright © 2014 Human Rights Watch All rights …
The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities, Justice Center, 2013 The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities A report prepared by the Council of State Governments Justice Center The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in …
Article • August 10, 2016
Cook County Probation Blamed for Chicago Gun Violence, Death of High School Student by Joe Watson Cook County's Adult Probation Department (CCAPD) is getting considerable blame for the notoriously high prevalence of gun violence in Chicago, including the January 2013 shooting death of a high school band member who performed …
Article • August 10, 2016
Georgia Law Giving More Power and Secrecy to Private Probation Companies Vetoed by David Reutter Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have expanded the powers of private probation companies and shrouded their activities in secrecy. House Bill 837 was introduced shortly after lawsuits were filed in Richmond …
Report: Private Probation, Prisons Should Be 'Phased Out' in Georgia by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), GEO Group and other for-profit companies must be driven out of Georgia's criminal justice system for it to be fair and effective, the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) argues in a recent …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Recalibrating Justice: A Review of 2013 State Sentencing and Corrections Trends, Vera Institute, 2014 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Recalibrating Justice: A Review of 2013 State Sentencing and Corrections Trends JULY 2014 Ram Subramanian • Rebecka Moreno • Sharyn Broomhead FROM THE CENTER DIRECTOR This is the third in a …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole, Probation
Probation and Parole in the United States 2006, DOJ BJS, 2007 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin December 2007, NCJ 220218 Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006 Lauren E. Glaze and Thomas P. Bonczar BJS Statisticians The number of adult men …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Shines Spotlight on Probation and Parole Data by Derek Gilna A recent study by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) places its emphasis not on the number of people incarcerated in the United States, but rather on an often-ignored figure – how many individuals are on probation and …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
New York Federal Judge Challenges Collateral Consequences by In a move The New York Times called “striking,” and Gabriel J. Chin, a professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law said was “groundbreaking,” U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block sentenced a young woman in a drug case to …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Dekalb County Settles Lawsuit, Ends Debtors’ Prisons by Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union reached a settlement that will end debtors’ prisons in Dekalb County, Georgia. The settlement is the latest in a string of lawsuits challenging contracts involving for-profit probation company Judicial Correction Services (JCS). [See: PLN, Jan. …
Justice in Review-New Trends in States Sentencing, VERA, 2016 Justice in Review: New Trends in State Sentencing and Corrections 2014-2015 .": CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS 3FCFDDB4JMCFSt3BN4VCSBNBOJBOt.BJB4QPUUT FROM THE DIRECTOR This analysis of state-level changes in sentencing and corrections laws enacted in 2014 and 2015 reaches readers in the thick …
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