My son was just released after serving his sentence from the AZ DOC but still has 5 months left of probation for a previous conviction. Why does the state waste the money to have him on both parole AND probation? Can't the two agencies analogue their info so that their resources aren't being needlessly wasted?? It seems ridiculous to me.

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Originally Posted by maddmaxx45

It seems ridiculous to me.

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Hello m:

Me too. What's MORE ridiculous is being thrown in jail for smoking pot, and there's LOTS of people in there for that.

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I don't want to answer a question with a question, however, in this case it may point us in the right direction.

Probation is set as an alternative to serving a prison term, and is set by a Judge if he/she has an inclination that the offender shows a general "remorse" for the crime. (also depending the severity)

As parole is granted to "short timers" or inmates with an approaching release date. If you ever heard the term "good time," is next to commissary and visitation, about the worse thing you can take from an inmate. The amount of parole is basically their awarded hours of early release or parole. Usually if they leave the C.O. sit in his work station all day without killing each other, earning good time is a snap.

So if he got probation for a specific charge, and served a term for another, probation may either run concurrent to his sentence, or it may be suspended until his release... and if he gets out early for good behavior, he would have probation and parole.

If none of that applies, and he served a term for violating his probation then got out on parole...
I'm not sure I've heard any inmates ever mention it, but that doesn't say it can't happen. Sentencing and punishment is like the flu, it gets everyone differently and at times you get those new strands that's resistant to the vaccine.

Some crimes violate both state and federal laws. Most of the time they can run concurrent, either in state or with the BOP (depending on where he landed first) or they can be looking at a relocation. I've seen inmates pack up to release after a long term of federal time, only to venture into a state facility for yet another extended stay.

We kept hearing about a large intake of "DC" inmates coming in to the system. With all the gangs, one automatically assumes it's a criminal profiling. But if anyone commits a crime on Washington DC soil, even though there are state laws in place... they automatically fall into federal custody. I guess that's Uncle Sam flexing his muscle.

It may be due to the economy, but my resources indicate that Parole will no longer apply to federal inmates. Good luck losing the leverage I say. Of course this will affect only new commits. In this case, it would be likely to consolidate probation and parole. That's the question; how is that going to work?