Eight secrets to Mercy: just how to reduce exorbitant prison sentences

Elimination of parole revocations for technical violations

Parole direction should concentrate on strengthening ties between people on parole and their communities. Regrettably, the focus is much more frequently on pulling parolees from the community and coming back them to incarceration at the sign that is first they truly are struggling, 41 with parole officers intent on “catching errors through surveillance and monitoring, instead of on advertising success via rehabilitation and help. [Read more...]