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 ...

Today, there are twice as many people supervised on parole or probation as are incarcerated in the U.S. Parole is a period of being supervised in the community following early release from prison for ...

The whole point of probation is to keep people out of jail, and the whole point of parole is to get them out of prison. If we can bring them home under supervision, the thinking goes, their return to ...

The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local ...

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 ...

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, ...

Closed courts, faulty technology and delays in post-release programs are among a range of barriers keeping a population prime for release behind bars. Seven months after Tammie Lewis was granted ...

Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, left, chats with Sen. Dick Mazza, D-Grand Isle, at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Legislation that would allow probation and ...

RICHLAND PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office is assisting Louisiana Probation and Parole in ...