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Pennsylvania’s probation system can trap people in yearslong cycles of monitoring and incarceration for noncriminal violations. Why some say an effort to fix Pa.’s outdated probation law does ...
Skalla was charged with aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter, the least severe form of criminal homicide in Pennsylvania. He had already been in jail at the time due to a previous parole/probation violation. He reportedly lied to police that Shearer attacked him first, a claim which witnesses contradicted.
Dec. 15—Gov. Josh Shapiro on Friday said landmark legislation he signed into law will create more fairness in Pennsylvania's criminal justice system, ensure probation serves as a tool to help ...
The Pennsylvania Parole Board (Board) is committed to protecting the safety of the public, addressing the needs of crime victims, improving county adult probation and parole services and assisting in the fair administration of justice by ensuring the custody, control, and treatment of offenders under the jurisdiction of the Board. [1]
All parole supervision now falls under the jurisdiction of the PADOC; while parole release decisions remain under the jurisdiction of the PA Board of Probation and Parole. The two agencies remain separate. Following passage of the 2021-2022 Pennsylvania budget, the merger was official and permanent. [2]
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Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) is a pretrial intervention program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States for non-violent offenders with no prior or limited record. The primary purpose of the program is the rehabilitation of the offender and secondarily the prompt disposition of charges, eliminating the need for costly ...
A probation officer may imprison a probationer and petition the court to find that the probationer committed a violation of probation. The court will request that the defendant appear at a show cause hearing at which the prosecutor must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed a probation violation. [14]