Probation and parole — collectively known as community supervision — were originally conceived as alternatives to incarceration, allowing convicted criminals to be rehabilitated under supervision.

In fact, probation and parole failures account for 45% of state prison admissions nationwide. Collectively, states spend $2.8 billion annually to incarcerate people for noncriminal rule violations.

Thousands of Missourians are currently on probation and parole, and while the two terms are often used together, they affect a person’s life in completely different ways.Mary Beth Lammey, the policy ...

According to the United States Courts website, parole in the Federal Bureau of Prisons was abolished for federal offenses ...

The panel established by Gov. Mike Kehoe to write rules for how long people who break the law must stay in prison may be ...

"Promoted as alternatives to incarceration, probation and parole have become systems of oppression and control, primarily over Black and brown people." ...

Research shows that the supposed benefits of probation and parole are illusory, but their harms are very real.

Probation and parole officers should not be overlooked when thinking about training and funding.

A lawsuit sheds new light on the allegations made about the ex-officer having an “inappropriate relationship” with a parolee ...

Probation and parole officers are rethinking their rules as coronavirus spreads Social distancing is pressing officials across the country to skip traditional methods such as jailing people for ...

Operation Golden Eagle in New Orleans results in felony and narcotics arrests, and seizure of illegal firearms.

When Parole and Probation Agent Davis Martinez was found dead in the home of one of his supervisees, it sent shockwaves through the ranks of other agents across Maryland. While Martinez’s brutal ...