Legislation signed by Governor Josh Shapiro will limit the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent…
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The state of Oklahoma executed death row inmate Phillip Hancock on Thursday, dismissing years of claims of self defense and…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a ruling Tuesday that a man should not lose his parental rights because of strict parole conditions imposed by another state.
Audits released by the Utah Legislative Auditor General’s office argue that these agency deficiencies present a risk to public safety in the state.
While electronic monitoring is meant to be an alternative to incarceration, an ACLU report says the system relies on excessive surveillance and abuse and is subject to racial bias. In Detroit, for example, Black people are twice as likely as whites to be under electronic monitoring.
Michael Carneal, A Kentucky man who in 1997, at the age of 14, killed three students and wounded five more at a before-school prayer group, was given the maximum sentence possible at the time for someone his age — life in prison but with the possibility of parole.
There are about 45,000 individuals on adult criminal probation in Massachusetts, according to the probation office, which collected more than $7.9 million in supervision fees.
Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) say parole officers as well as their clients would benefit from training programs that refocus community supervision.
A new law will help shorten the time that some are on probation and work to redirect them into the country’s workforce.
Smiley Allen Martin, arrested in connection with the recent mass shooting in Sacramento, served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release.