What is the difference between Probation and Parole?
Probation is a county agency. Persons placed on probation typically receive suspended sentences and are ordered on probation. Each county has standard conditions of probation and probationers are monitored by Probation Officers. Parole is a division of the Indiana Department of Correction. Persons placed on parole have received executed time and are placed on parole when they are released from prison. They are monitored by Parole Officers.
Probation is a type of criminal sentence that allows a person to stay in the community rather than serve time in prison, as long as he or she complies with certain conditions, such as regularly reporting to a probation officer, refraining from alcohol and drugs and not committing further crimes. A probation sentence can also include up to a year in jail. Parole is the supervised release of a prisoner from incarceration into the community after serving a prison sentence. Conditions of parole are similar to those of probation.
A. Probation is when a person has been convicted of a crime but is not sent to prison (TDCJ). They have a probation officer that makes sure they are abiding by the rules the Judge stipulated to them. If a person cannot abide by these conditions then the Judge will revoke the probation and send them to prison. Parole is when a person has been convicted of a crime and goes to prison (TDCJ). A parole officer supervises offender and makes sure they abide by the rules the parole board has stipulated. If offender does not abide by the rules they can be sent back to prison.
Probation is a county agency. Persons placed on probation typically receive suspended sentences and are ordered onto probation. Each county has standard conditions of probation and probationers are monitored by Probation Officers. Parole is a division of the Indiana Department of Corrections. Persons placed on parole have received executed time and are placed on parole when they are released from prison. They are monitored by Parole Officers.
