U.S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM / IS REHABILITATION A MYTH?

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Probation/parole doesn't work. The convicted need to serve their time and come out clean. No probation, no parole, just a criminal record. Violating probation has become a joke, and an impossible feat to overcome. Fuck that, is what usually happens.

Where will they be going back to? What supervision or support will they receive?
The largest numbers are from Texas, Florida, California, North Carolina and Illinois.

The U.S. Probation Office will be watching these prisoners for a specific amount of time, and has been preparing for more than a year. Officials say they have beefed up hiring of probation officers — devoting resources to prisoners who pose the biggest risk — and started working with them a while ago.