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Thirty-two-year-old Anthony Kent, wearing a sports cap and black shirt, stands at a park. His mom, Teri Quintana, stands behind him on his left.
Analysis March 24, 2022
Paroled People Can Vote in Colorado. Why Did Forms Say They Couldn’t?
More than two years after a reform bill, outdated government messaging still causes confusion.
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As of May 3, there were 826 people in New York City jails because of a probation or parole violation, according to city data.
Coronavirus May 6, 2020
A Dangerous Limbo: Probation and Parole in the Time of COVID-19
Closed courts, faulty technology and delays in post-release programs are among a range of barriers keeping a population prime for release behind bars.
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More than 1,000 people have been released because of coronavirus concerns from jails around New York state, including from the Rikers Island facilities.
Coronavirus April 3, 2020
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 “technical violations” like missing check-ins.
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Melissa Gass is a plaintiff in a lawsuit by the ACLU of Pennsylvania against the Lebanon County district court over its decision to bar people on probation and parole from using legal medical marijuana.
News January 17, 2020
People on Probation and Parole Are Being Denied Perfectly Legal Medical Weed
Despite statewide legalization, some counties ban probationers and parolees from using medical marijuana. So the chronically ill turn to less effective and more addictive prescription drugs.
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Judge David Boling, left, and Judge Tommy Fowler ran for judicial office as reformers who would alter the relationship between the the citizens of Craighead County, Arkansas and a private probation company called The Justice Network. They did, and got sued for it by the company.
Case in Point September 11, 2017
Is There a Constitutional Right to Cash in on the Poor?
One Arkansas county takes on a private probation company.
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A probationer sits in a class at the Adult Day Reporting Center in Los Angeles in 2011.
Commentary August 28, 2017
When Less is More
How putting fewer people on probation and parole can reduce prison populations, save money and keep us safer.
By Vincent Schiraldi and Michael P. Jacobson
Police officers in Atlanta catch speeders with their laser guns.
News April 13, 2017
Probation-for-Profit Just Got Less Profitable
Georgia squeezes “offender-funded” supervision.
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News October 1, 2015
How to Fight Modern-Day Debtors’ Prisons? Sue the Courts.
Alec Karakatsanis’s quest to stop courts from punishing poor people who can’t pay their fees.
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Life Inside July 16, 2015
Living With an Ankle Bracelet
Freedom, with conditions.
By M.M.
News February 24, 2015
Debtors’ Prisons, Then and Now: FAQ
Congress outlawed them. The Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. Yet they live on.
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