What are some benefits of probation supervision to the community?
Probation supervision lightens the jail population by allowing people to be under supervision instead of locked up in jail. Although a probation sentence can be coupled with a jail term, if all of the current probationers in New York State were placed in jail at this very second, it would add 125,000 people into our already overcrowded local and state correctional system. Another benefit is cost. It costs about $80 a day to incarcerate an individual. It costs less than $6 a day for Schuyler County Probation to supervise a probationer. Probation creates a major savings to the County and State.
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1. What is probation supervision?
2. How does probation supervision influence law abiding behavior?
3. What are some probation terms and conditions?
4. What are some benefits to defendants on probation supervision?
5. What are some benefits of probation supervision to the community?
6. How does someone get placed on probation supervision?
7. How does Probation Supervision work?
8. What are office visits, home visits and collateral contacts?
9. What do you do during office visits, home visits and collateral contacts?
10. Is probation supervision the same as parole?
11. What can I find out about someone on probation supervision?
12. What is a violation of Probation?
13. What happens during a violation of probation?
14. What types of recommendations can be made for a violation of probation?
15. What are typical lengths of probation supervision?
16. Can a person be released from probation supervision early?
17. Are probation officers the same as police officers?
18. What type of powers or authority do probation officers have?