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Teens in "the system"....not mine but a stranger..
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 26379" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I really don't understand some of this. A person who violates their parole or probation on a "technicality" like missing curfew or not checking in is called a "technical violator". In truth, most systems don't seem too awfully concerned about this! Most of them get away with it and the probation officers sometimes tend to look the other way as long as no harm was done. In the systems I have heard of, including ours, the "technical violators" that are caught <em>may</em> be rearrested and <em>may</em> (but not always) be required to do the rest of the time remaining on their original sentence. But they are not given any <em>additional</em> time - they just do the rest of whatever time they originally had. It's a little different if the violation involves "hanging with the wrong crowd" or getting caught with weapons. And it's a <em>very</em> different thing if they commit another crime while on parole or probation. In that case, they would be returned to prison to finish their original sentence <em>PLUS</em> whatever time they receive on their new charges.</p><p></p><p>What they are doing here seems to be very counterproductive and goes against all the modern trends in Corrections, which is to look to alternatives to incarceration whenever possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 26379, member: 1883"] I really don't understand some of this. A person who violates their parole or probation on a "technicality" like missing curfew or not checking in is called a "technical violator". In truth, most systems don't seem too awfully concerned about this! Most of them get away with it and the probation officers sometimes tend to look the other way as long as no harm was done. In the systems I have heard of, including ours, the "technical violators" that are caught [i]may[/i] be rearrested and [i]may[/i] (but not always) be required to do the rest of the time remaining on their original sentence. But they are not given any [i]additional[/i] time - they just do the rest of whatever time they originally had. It's a little different if the violation involves "hanging with the wrong crowd" or getting caught with weapons. And it's a [i]very[/i] different thing if they commit another crime while on parole or probation. In that case, they would be returned to prison to finish their original sentence [i]PLUS[/i] whatever time they receive on their new charges. What they are doing here seems to be very counterproductive and goes against all the modern trends in Corrections, which is to look to alternatives to incarceration whenever possible. [/QUOTE]
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