Community Supervision: Probation and Parole

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Reentry Essentials: The Role of Corrections in Reentry

August 20, 2018

The primary function of correctional supervision was once seen as control and custody; however, corrections agencies have increasingly come to recognize that focusing on rehabilitation and planning for reentry are fundamental to their missions to increase public safety.

Second Chance Act Grantees Use a Continuous Quality Improvement Approach in Corrections and Community Supervision

As the corrections and community supervision paradigms shift toward implementing evidence-based practices and programs (EBPs), there is an emerging need for leaders in the field to ensure accurate application of EBPs throughout the workforce and improve how staff monitor program outcomes.

Research, Community Supervision Agency Partnership Is Central to Grant Program

As an FY2012 Smart Supervision Program grantee, the Court Support Services Division of the Connecticut Judicial Branch joined with researchers from Central Connecticut State University to develop a series of scripts that probation officers can use during routine visits with adults under supervision.

NRRC Projects

Second Chance Act Innovations in Supervision

This grant program provides funding for states, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to develop and test innovative strategies and implement evidence-based probation and parole approaches that effectively address people’s criminogenic risk and needs and reduce recidivism.

Second Chance Act Improving Outcomes for Youth in Confinement and While under Community Supervision Program

This grant program provides grants to develop and implement comprehensive plans to improve juvenile community supervision using evidence-based supervision strategies to reduce recidivism and improve other outcomes for juveniles under community supervision, and prevent any further progression into the juvenile justice system.

Second Chance Act Innovations in Reentry Initiative

This grant program provides funding for state and local government agencies and federally recognized tribal governments to plan and implement effective reentry strategies that reduce recidivism and increase public safety.

Key Resources

Recidivism Reduction Checklists

National Reentry Resource Center

The recidivism reduction checklists are a user-friendly, source of information on the many policies and practices that go into a comprehensive, effective reentry initiative. There are three checklists, each tailored to a specific audience: executive and legislative policymakers, state corrections administrators, and state reentry coordinators.

Use of Incentives and Sanctions to Promote Compliance with Supervision Conditions during Reentry: An Implementation Strategy

May 15, 2013

Community Supervision and Substance Use Disorders, Collaborating for Effective Training and Responses

November 3, 2016