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An internal review of Pennsylvania’s parole system spurred by five parolees getting charged in quick succession with homicide is, in theory, acknowledging a long-standing complaint of parole agents over a long-term policy shift designed to help more parolees succeed on the outside.
...But failing to comply with treatment, absent anything else, we should have the ability to put someone in prison,” Mr. Wetzel said.
Parole is distinct from probation. Parolees are released from a state prison after they reach their minimum sentence, but they remain under parole until they finish their maximum sentence date.
Mr. Wetzel ordered the internal review in July after five parolees were charged with six homicides, most with connections to domestic violence. The victims included two children, three women and a Pittsburgh police officer. Last year, 93 parolees were arrested for murder or attempted murder, and arrests this year were on track to exceed that, the department said. Parolees are arrested for violent crimes at many times the rate of the general population, according to government statistics
Pa.'s parole system could see changes after review of murder cases
Violent offenders should serve every day of the sentence.
...But failing to comply with treatment, absent anything else, we should have the ability to put someone in prison,” Mr. Wetzel said.
Parole is distinct from probation. Parolees are released from a state prison after they reach their minimum sentence, but they remain under parole until they finish their maximum sentence date.
Mr. Wetzel ordered the internal review in July after five parolees were charged with six homicides, most with connections to domestic violence. The victims included two children, three women and a Pittsburgh police officer. Last year, 93 parolees were arrested for murder or attempted murder, and arrests this year were on track to exceed that, the department said. Parolees are arrested for violent crimes at many times the rate of the general population, according to government statistics
Pa.'s parole system could see changes after review of murder cases
Violent offenders should serve every day of the sentence.
