... and academic attention because of its particular cruelty, almost twice as many people—3.7 million, or one in every sixty-nine U.S. adults—are under community supervision. Probation and parole are commonly understood as “alternatives to incarceration” or “lenient sentences,” but people on supervision must...

... reserved. 2024 Missing the Mark: Drug Testing on Community Supervision The articles you are about to read represent fresh thinking and honest re ection on a common practice: drug testing in probation and parole. Drug testing on community supervision might seem justi ed, narrow, or trivial. Our hope...

... place that you really felt like you were getting the treatment that you know you need to be successful? Starting to understand how things work, I began advocating full time. But guess what? I was still on probation, working at the public defender s of ce. I completed my parole. But probation and parole...

... Justice Department Feeney amendment U.S. v. Booker First Step Act of 2017 determinate sentencing “second look” sentencing parole compassionate release clemency Law without Order, Then Too Much Order, Then Not Enough? RONALD WEICH* Dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law Judge Marvin...

... of the oldest and most vulnerable people in the federal system, and least likely to re-offend. The possibility of release for most of them lies with the U.S. Parole Commission, a dysfunctional government agency. Unlike other federal prisoners, old law people cannot ask a court for compassionate release...

... and reproduce inequality. © 2022 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. 2022 sexual offense monetary sanctions corrections parole Monetary Sanctions Assessed for Sexual Offense Convictions: Avenues for Policy Reform I. Introduction There is a broadening body of research on the increasing...

... racial disparities prison jail parole probation Crime Bill Research Illustrates Role of New Council on Criminal Justice as Center of Gravity for the Field Our nation s criminal justice system is not producing enough safety or justice. Although crime and incarceration rates have dropped from...

..., the federal courts, and the District of Columbia. The majority of these systems have also replaced parole release discretion with defined good-time reductions for compliance with prison disciplinary rules and assigned prison programming, and this combination of sentencing and parole reform has been endorsed...