Why Are Probation and Parole Necessary?
either Do you like that kind of work or how can you deal with those people? The last is usually along the lines of: they should all be locked up. The last comment usually irks me a little, even though I shared it before I started working here. You see, community supervised release is a very necessary component of the Corrections for a variety of reasons. I could argue rehabilitation, second chances, not incarcerating people with relatively minor offenses with hardened criminals ECT, and have some valid arguments, I believe, but let’s take a very conservative approach. We can make two arguments, both having the same end result. So let’s argue politics and money. My state has 16 prisons currently operation at around 90% capacity. It’s set in law that capacity cannot go over 90%. There are 2 new prisons under construction, and I believe 2 more planned. As a general rule, the number of probationers and parolees being supervised in our state rose about 19% in the last 3 years. We have 16 pr
