CONFINED AND COSTLY: How Supervision Violations Are Filling Prisons and Burdening Budgets
Thanks to Member Joseph for bringing this to our attention.
Probation and parole are designed to lower prison populations and help people succeed in the community. New data show they are having the opposite effect. Until now, national data regarding the impact of probation violations on prison populations have been unavailable, resulting in a lopsided focus on parole. The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center recently engaged corrections and community supervision leaders in 50 states to develop the first complete picture of how probation and parole violations make up states’ prison populations. The analysis revealed a startling reality.
45% of state prison admissions nationwide are due to violations of probation or parole for new offenses or technical violations
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According to the Gainesville Sun, some people on probation who commit low-level violations of their terms can avoid being sent to jail under an Eighth Judicial Circuit program. The program is for non-criminal “technical” violations. Circuit Chief Judge Jim Nilon said, “Given the nature of the violations…this is a better way to handle them. It is an alternative resolution program. I think it is also potentially a money saver because the time that is eliminated from people handling it in the criminal justice system is (saved). Other types of legal matters can be done instead of these routine violations of probation.” Jail time is not totally ruled out, though. The Eighth Circuit includes Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy and Union counties. No exclusion of “sex offenders” was mentioned, but I am waiting to see what happens.
https://www.gainesville.com/news/20200314/probation-violators-can-avoid-jail-under-court-program
I had a list of “standard” probation conditions. Same for everyone. Sex offenders got a second set of conditions. Same for everyone. Now if you had money for a lawyer (and some did), you could get those standard conditions altered.
My last re-reg a guy in front of me (OC Florida) was taking longer than usual. Suddenly a deputy burst through the door and cuffed the man. He was supposed to contact DMV for new Drivers License as a new registrant. He yelled.. I was in jail for the last week! They hauled him away…
Cops are looking for any way they can to arrest you for compliance violations..
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JEV -True Confessions
Funny how some will get busted for some BS thing in one county and another does “Speed dating” style registrations. I moved from Seminole ( not sure how they do it now ) but I had to move or face a violation every time I went in. They were doing polygraphs, drug tests, interrogations etc.
Most people went out of there in tears.
Before I got on a medication for migraines, I would have episodes that lasted for sometimes a week. You had to make appointments and I let the Deputy know I was sick and experiencing a migraine and was about to pass out. The bastard kept me there for four hours. When I got to the parking lot I puked all over the place.
When I register now, I make sure to have the entire day free “Just in case”.