Highlights “The leniency shown to these bad actors by the judicial system results in recidivistic crimes that prey on the public…” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Is the…
View More Probation and Recidivism–A Lot Of These Guys Have 15 to 20 FeloniesCategory: Parole and Probation
Is Accountability For Criminal Offenders Dead?
Highlights The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that probation is a harsh, overzealous trap. But felony cases are flooding the probation system. Recidivism rates are high. More…
View More Is Accountability For Criminal Offenders Dead?Are All Released Prisoners Rearrested?
Highlights Most released from prison are rearrested and reincarcerated. Quote “Our officers are very often in the right places and at the right times, but…
View More Are All Released Prisoners Rearrested?New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison Intakes
Highlights Per the US Department of Justice, it’s new crimes and not technical violations that are driving new intakes into prison for released prisoners. Per…
View More New Crimes, Not Technical Violations Driving Prison IntakesTrials and Juries Are Dying
Highlights Only 2% of federal criminal defendants go to trial, and most who do are found guilty. As to states, jury trials accounted for fewer…
View More Trials and Juries Are DyingSex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex Crimes
Observations An overview of sex offender recidivism plus new arrests and convictions for all offenders released from prison. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
View More Sex Offenders Much More Likely To Be Arrested For Sex CrimesParole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical Violations
Highlights The collective data indicate that most offenders revoked on parole and probation were violated for new crimes, not technical violations. I investigated many cases…
View More Parole And Probation Revocations For New Crimes And Technical ViolationsProsecutors Now Run Parole and Probation
Highlights Reform-minded prosecutors are setting policy for parole and parole and probation agencies. Change should come from research or the US Department of Justice or…
View More Prosecutors Now Run Parole and ProbationWe Demand Long Prison Terms For Serious Crimes
Highlights Criminal justice reformers are unwilling to defend their principles in controversial cases. I’m for criminal justice reform, but the lack of consistency in the…
View More We Demand Long Prison Terms For Serious CrimesDoes Bail Reform Include Unsupervised Defendants?
Highlights If we are going to release the vast majority of defendants without an agency’s supervision and assistance, we are asking for the downfall of…
View More Does Bail Reform Include Unsupervised Defendants?New Group Seeks To Reform Parole and Probation
Highlights There is no national strategy for parole and probation, there is no research consensus. Programs routinely fail. Recidivism is extremely high. Author Leonard Adam…
View More New Group Seeks To Reform Parole and ProbationTelling The Truth About Parole and Probation
Highlights Are we misleading the public about parole and probation? If we can’t start with the truth, we are the problem, not the solution. Author…
View More Telling The Truth About Parole and ProbationAre States Truthful About Offender Recidivism?
Highlights States are claiming reduced recidivism yet national data states that five out of six prisoners are rearrested, many multiple times, and that the vast…
View More Are States Truthful About Offender Recidivism?Should Policing Be Like Military Service?
Highlights Should policing or corrections be like military service with a defined period of enlistment and benefits? More officers are dying by suicide than by…
View More Should Policing Be Like Military Service?#MeToo, Sex Offenders And Probation
Highlights Buzzfeed provides an article stating that a fraction of sex offenders get probation. In my experience, most on sex offender registries got probation. How do…
View More #MeToo, Sex Offenders And ProbationWe Can’t Agree on Basic Facts When Discussing Crime
Observations How to communicate effectively when people can’t agree on basic facts. Media and public relations are best served when we acknowledge that people hold…
View More We Can’t Agree on Basic Facts When Discussing CrimeAre Fewer Returns to Prison in Society’s Best Interest?
Background Pew offers data (below) showing a decrease in returns to prison. It uses US Department of Justice research. While we have no reason to…
View More Are Fewer Returns to Prison in Society’s Best Interest?Does Anything Work in Parole and Probation?
Observation As we celebrate parole and probation week, don’t agents (and society) deserve more than a system that seems hopelessly adrift? Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…
View More Does Anything Work in Parole and Probation?Offender Employment and Education Programs Don’t Work
Prison Employment Observations Education and employment programs do not significantly affect offender recidivism. We have to stop being so simplistic when it comes to treatment…
View More Offender Employment and Education Programs Don’t WorkReleased Prisoners Commit Two Million Crimes-Five Arrests Per Offender
Observations Offender recidivism is extremely high. It doesn’t matter if you are pro or anti sentencing reform or any manner of lessening the impact of…
View More Released Prisoners Commit Two Million Crimes-Five Arrests Per Offender