Heavy caseloads, job stress and biases can strain relations between parole and probation officers and their clients, upping offenders' likelihood of landing back behind bars. On a more hopeful note, a ...
When President Donald Trump commuted Alice Marie Johnson's life sentence in 2018, many observers assumed that the grandmother was fully free. What they didn't realize at the time was that Johnson, who ...
Vincent Schiraldi is former commissioner of the New York City Departments of Probation and Correction and the author of “Mass Supervision: Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom.” ...
According to Pew Trust, across the United States, there are nearly five million people on either parole or probation. That’s close to one out of every fifty adults! Not only are those people part of ...
The government has enacted prison reforms, but there's still more to be done for the incarcerated population after release. According to Pew Research, starting in 2007, policymakers initiated ...
In Pennsylvania, more than half of incarcerated people are jailed due to probation violations. We speak with formerly incarcerated activist LaTonya Myers, who says probation and parole, rather than ...
Right now, scores of Americans are paying for the privilege of being under probation or parole supervision — and many of them are at the risk of being further entrenched in the justice system and even ...
LEWISBURG — The Union County Board of Commissioners recognized the county adult probation department Tuesday. The commissioners unanimously approved a resolution proclaiming the week of July 19-25 to ...
The secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services appointed three interim leaders Friday to head the agency’s probation and parole division following the on-duty ...
According to Pew Trust, across the United States, there are nearly five million people on either parole or probation. That’s close to one out of every fifty adults! Not only are those people part of ...
The Steuben County Legislature has officially declared the week of July 19 to 25 as ‘Pretrial, Probation, and Parole ...