There are problems, and then there are problems that make everyone question where it all went wrong. Los Angeles County supervisors recently held a hearing to address the issues surrounding the global positioning satellite (GPS) monitoring of its probation population. …
Probationers in Sacramento County, California, according to recent reports, are going largely unsupervised. In fact, it is reported that about 92 percent of the county’s 22,000 probationers are not being supervised. That means drug tests, random searches, and probation services …
New York City is changing up the way probation is handled through the implementation of new Probation Resource Hubs throughout the city. Probation Resources Hubs provides probations with positive resources that are designed to help probationers turn their lives around …
Court officials are bemoaning cuts to the federal budget that they say have already jeopardized public safety. And more cuts are set to take place. Probation and pretrial services officials, those professionals responsible for overseeing individuals convicted of federal crimes, …
A tough love approach appears to be the solution to Hawaii’s troubled probation system. Hawaii recently enacted a program called Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), which is designed to address repeat offenders with drug and alcohol problems. HOPE has …
Minnesota’s probation system has enjoyed success for some time, not only for its money-saving benefits, but for the services it provides to probationers. Probation officers in Minnesota supervised more than 140,000 offenders in 2011. These officers are employed by the …
With Governor Jerry Brown’s prison realignment in place, California counties must begin to implement the strategies set forth, but many are questioning whether the new supervision requirements for inmates released under the AB 109 legislation puts probation officers at greater …
Emerging technology and the rapid rise of social media have greatly improved the way probation officers perform their jobs, allowing them to keep tabs on offenders better than ever before. Is it a secret weapon for probation officers? Perhaps. But …
Community supervision, in the form of parole or probation, generally involves a reactive form of supervision, with probation officers setting the ground rules and offenders either complying or not complying with those rules. Although this form of supervision may work …