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Limitations placed on how probation and parole officers perform their duties during the previous administration have been rolled back, according to the Department of Corrections.
The restrictions were discovered in an internal DOC email obtained by KTVA in May. The email was not meant for the public's eyes and contradicts the words on forms handed to people as they're released from custody on state supervision.
Every person released on bail, probation and parole is given a set of conditions they must follow in order to remain out of jail. Some conditions of release are specific to the case. An individual struggling with addiction might be restricted from consuming alcohol.
Everyone is given the following basic condition:
DOC reverses instruction to probation, parole officers to ignore new crimes
The following is from the intext link from the above article.
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, acquired a copy of the email independently of KTVA and included it in an article on his political website. He asserts the intent behind the order is to make crime numbers look better than they really are in the wake of SB 91.
"When parolees aren’t charged with breaking the law, they don’t go back to prison, and SB91’s numbers on repeat offenders look really good. But they aren’t. Alaskans are hurting today because criminals have been given a free pass," he wrote.
In its annual report released in November 2018, the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission — which helped craft SB 91 — reports that when it comes to parole and probation supervision, the amount of people re-arrested for a supervision violation is down. It also states the majority of petitions to revoke probation or parole were for technical violations, rather than new crimes. The report has been cited by supporters of SB 91 as a demonstration of the legislation's success, while the email now draws into question the quality of the data.
Instructions to probation, parole officers to ignore new crimes still in effect, DOC says
And that is how that game is played.
The restrictions were discovered in an internal DOC email obtained by KTVA in May. The email was not meant for the public's eyes and contradicts the words on forms handed to people as they're released from custody on state supervision.
Every person released on bail, probation and parole is given a set of conditions they must follow in order to remain out of jail. Some conditions of release are specific to the case. An individual struggling with addiction might be restricted from consuming alcohol.
Everyone is given the following basic condition:
DOC reverses instruction to probation, parole officers to ignore new crimes
The following is from the intext link from the above article.
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, acquired a copy of the email independently of KTVA and included it in an article on his political website. He asserts the intent behind the order is to make crime numbers look better than they really are in the wake of SB 91.
"When parolees aren’t charged with breaking the law, they don’t go back to prison, and SB91’s numbers on repeat offenders look really good. But they aren’t. Alaskans are hurting today because criminals have been given a free pass," he wrote.
In its annual report released in November 2018, the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission — which helped craft SB 91 — reports that when it comes to parole and probation supervision, the amount of people re-arrested for a supervision violation is down. It also states the majority of petitions to revoke probation or parole were for technical violations, rather than new crimes. The report has been cited by supporters of SB 91 as a demonstration of the legislation's success, while the email now draws into question the quality of the data.
Instructions to probation, parole officers to ignore new crimes still in effect, DOC says
And that is how that game is played.
