Strengthen Probation Supervision
The Justice Reinvestment Act makes
several changes to strengthen probation supervision:
- It redefines community and intermediate punishment so that probation officers have a broader range of swift and certain sanctions to impose regardless of supervision level
- Allows probation officers to use delegated authority to impose electronic monitoring or require an offender to be confined in jail for up to six days per month (2 to 3 - days at a time) to address non-compliant behavior
- Requires probation officers to assess probationers for their risk of reoffending and supervise them accordingly. (codifies the current practice)
- Sets in statute a caseload goal of 60 for high and moderate risk offenders.
- Limits time in confinement for certain violations of probation.
MORE INFORMATION
- Community Punishment and Intermediate Punishment - UNC School of Government Criminal Law blog
- Quick Dips - UNC School of Government Criminal Law blog
- Confinement in Response to Violations (CRV) and Limits on Probation Revocation Authority - UNC School of Government Criminal Law blog
- Delgated authority in Probation cases - UNC School of Government Criminal Law blog