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18 celebrate graduation from new probation program
Jason Cole's young daughter summed it up for everyone in the room."Yay, Daddy!" the toddler said again and again as Cole spoke to the audience, even as he thanked her for "giving me the strength to keep wanting to do the right...

Electronic monitoring reduces cost and workload for law enforcement
September, 2012 – With shrinking budgets and prison overcrowding, electronic monitoring for repeat drunk driving offenders and low-risk criminals is becoming increasingly popular at the local, county, state and federal levels of...

Day reporting grads hear some advice - A man who became successful after leaving prison tells the group how to stay free.
WILKES-BARRE – July 27, 2012 – Delbert Boone knows what addiction, prison and rehabilitation are all about.He’s a convicted felon 13 times over and has been incarcerated four times for crimes he committed, he told the 39...

Probationers, offenders successful in Day Reporting Center program
SONORA, Ca– May 08, 2012 – Jade Stevens, of Jamestown, and Cindy Conrad, of Soulsbyville, go over homework assigned to them as probationers at the Tuolumne County Day Reporting Center. Case managers regularly have offenders in...

Probationers celebrate graduation
BAKERSFIELD, Ca – March 19, 2012 – Once facing little hope of getting out of the revolving jailhouse door, a group of probationers now stand a better chance of turning their lives around."I'm really happy about it, it's cool,"...

Securing citizen safety while managing more offenders
LAKE COUNTY – September 27, 2011 – Steve Buchholz returned to a familiar position. He came out of retirement to serve as Interim Chief Probation Officer for Lake County.He worked for the Lake County Probation Department for more...

County hails day reporting program as success Former offenders who have completed the alternative to jail are recognized.
WILKES-BARRE – June 30, 2011 – Luzerne County Correctional Facility Warden Joseph Piazza on Wednesday said the county has saved more than $900,000 by treating offenders rather than incarcerating them.Piazza, speaking to about 75...

Program uses GPS to track clients
PARKERSBURG — January 30, 2011 — The Wood County Home Confinement program is using new technology to track high-risk offenders. Satellite-based Global Positioning System units, worn on the ankle, can pinpoint the location of...

New program opens for probation offenders
KERN CO. — January 27, 2011 — The Kern County Probation Department has partnered with BI Incorporated to put certain offenders through a new program in the hopes they'll stay out of trouble. The new Kern County Day Reporting...

New method of punishment for criminals
Watch video SULLIVAN CO., Ind. — January 26, 2011 — In Sullivan County, a criminal conviction does not have to mean jail time. It may not look like it but Lena Ashburn is walking into her own prison when she walks in her front...