Probation Officers have dedicated themselves to the task of rehabilitating criminals into functioning members of society. That task is never more pressing than when it relates to a unique subset of the criminal justice system – juvenile justice. Many troubled …
The Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for Victoria and Goliad counties in Texas received a prestigious award in September 2015. Pama Hencerling received the Bill Anderson Pioneer award from the Texas Institute on Children and Youth. Hencerling was chosen due to …
The test to become a probation officer was developed to ensure a fair and objective hiring and promotion system. However, a controversial essay portion of the exam is being thrown out after many testing officers took it themselves and failed. …
The most difficult task for many probation officers is providing individual attention to their charges while also dealing with an overwhelming workload. Many probation programs are understaffed, and this means that officers will often have more probation cases assigned to …
There have recently been multiple instances of probation officers accused of inappropriate relationships with their probationers. Two probation officers, one in Kentucky and one in Pennsylvania, were arrested due to sexual exploitation of their probationers. The Kentucky officer, John J. …
One hundred years ago, William E. Mounteney was appointed Westchester County’s first probation officer and helped establish the best practices to use in probation. After he died in his nursing home, Mounteney was buried in an unmarked grave in Kensico …
Sacramento’s main jail is located in the downtown area of the city and makes a standard practice of releasing people who have served their time at all hours of the day and night. It is well known that the first …
Releasing inmates back into the population and placing them under probation restrictions is an important part of easing them out of prison habits and back into society. However, occasionally it is those same restrictions that can prevent some inmates from …
The Boston Probation Department came under fire this week after a set of exams used to identify officers eligible for promotion were shredded. The tests, made up of a question and answer section as well as an essay section, were …
While seasoned criminals often need harsh and extended punishment as a means of correcting behavior, sometimes one experience is enough to help someone see the error of their ways. In December, 21 year old Anthony J. Danser was sleeping off …