...Julie Rud Julie Rud is the community corrections field services area director for Hennepin County (Minneapolis). Only five states have more people on probation than Minnesota, yet Hennepin County is a leader in reforms to supervision, including eliminating fees and cutting the use of drug testing...

... endure constant monitoring, perpetually under the threat of incarceration. Drug war policies and practices have profoundly shaped probation and parole. Regardless of someone’s original sentence, abstinence from drugs, drug testing, submission to warrantless searches, and court-ordered treatment...

...Brian Lovins The criminal justice system is enthralled with drug testing. It is a billion dollar industry fueled by drug courts, swift certain, and fair strategies, and the idea that probation is a privilege. It has become so pervasive that even people without an identified drug problem are often...

... not in catching failure, but in facilitating and supporting success. Understanding and challenging current norms on condition setting and enforcement is a key piece of that, and drug testing conditions in particular warrant significant scrutiny and assessment. Ubiquitously imposed, potentially enormously harmful...

.... However, I encountered unexpected challenges. Initially assigned a probation officer who was temporary, I was subjected to monthly drug testing. Before my first drug test, I was informed of yet another change in probation officers. This cycle continued until I finally received a permanent probation...

... on the lessons learned from a decade of research on mass probation, focusing in particular on how drug testing helps us understand the risks and potential benefits of supervision. In light of the concerns about the harms of supervision, I argue that scholars and advocates should reconsider the fundamental...

...LaTonya Myers An edited and condensed version of remarks delivered by LaTonya Myers as a panelist at the “Drug Testing and Community Supervision: Interrogating Policy, Practice, and Purpose” convening in Columbus, Ohio, in November 2023. Myers discusses her experiences—mostly negative—of probation...

...Pamela K. Lattimore; Christopher Inkpen; Stephen J. Tueller; Kim Janda; Luke Muentner; Nicholas K. Powell Drug testing—either random, scheduled, or for-cause—is a common condition of community supervision. This study investigates the utility of drug testing measures in predicting arrest...