Parole

Juveniles should not be sentenced to life without parole for first degree murder. We don’t treat kids as adults in society, so why should we punish them as adults. The document video Lost for Life: 2014 tells us stories of kids who are in the juvenile system for mistakes that they deeply regret. Brian and Torey killed a girl because Brian wanted to be known as something and Torey wanted his fantasy of Scream to come to life. Brian and Torey both deeply regret what they did. Jacob killed his mom…

probation and parole officers should have the power to carry weapons (in some states they are required to, in others they are prohibited from doing so). The debate on whether or not to arm probation and parole officer is one that has surfaced only in the last years as the traditional role these community correction professionals carry out in our society has changed from social worker/counselor to a “law enforcement” role (Small & Torres, 2015). This new role now requires probation and parole…

juveniles, and adult offenders are given the opportunity to bypass certain sanctions of their punishment. Thus, the question remains, why must juveniles be sentenced to life without parole, instead of having the opportunity to serve their sentence through a community corrections program, such as probation or parole? This information is highly important to determine because it provides society with a better understanding of the sanctions in the Juvenile Justice…

in any other criminal activity that would affect other tenants’ health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises will not be accepted for public housing or section 8. Therefore, some paroles that have serious drug felons are left having no governmental assisted housing. As a result, paroles are stuck in finding housing in the privatized housing market, which can more rigorous when it comes to finding acceptance in housing. Many times in the private housing sector landlords are…

continues to make wrongful convictions. Innocents are then compelled to serve their punishment in prison. Unless specified by the court, parole eligibility takes place when one third of the time is served in prison. In numerous cases, prisoners are given the choice in between granting parole in exchange of admitting guilt or remaining imprisoned and upholding the truth. A parole board should help prisoners…

impact the greater population positively. There are many proactive and hindering attributes to Parole and Probation. It is supposed to have a positive outcome for the “greater good,” but many individuals seem to fall through the cracks of the judicial corrections system. Parole gives offenders a second chance to be a respectable citizen of society. 1 in 45 people in the community are on probation or parole (npr.org 2015). 40% of those individuals are…

What is parole? How do probation and parole differ?…

factors and issues that are in parole, there are quite a bit of them that play different roles in how it effects it. The way life imprisonment has been going holds a lot of wait on parole because if you look at our country we either provide them with the opportunity of parole or life without the chance of parole (penalreform.org, n.d.). Then all prisoners are entitled to their rights and standards while serving their time, along with that you have life without parole replacing the death…

Considering this wasn't his first time breaking the law, the judge sentenced him to spend nine months in jail and serve three years of probation for possessing methamphetamine paraphernalia. After serving just four months behind bars, he was granted early parole due to his good behavior.…

tactics were. Therefore, I will be researching how effective - in terms of successful completion of probation and parole and low recidivism rates - different forms of counseling are to individuals on either probation or parole. The goal of this project is to gain knowledge on the forms of counseling, to learn about which methods work best for individuals on either probation or parole, and to determine if there is a correlation between any particular counseling method and the success…