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<blockquote data-quote="Kalahou" data-source="post: 738576" data-attributes="member: 19617"><p>Aloha kakou Leaf,</p><p></p><p><em>All so familiar</em>. My son repeatedly told me that "<em>supervised release</em>" meant nothing more than giving my name, and my son even told me he would not have to live with me. Also the defender called me on two occasions during son's 6 month stay to ask / almost plead if I would supervise release. The defender also acted like it wasn't a big deal. (Whoa! guess she had never been in our shoes!) Like you, I was firm ~ not available.</p><p></p><p>I decided to find out more myself just for my own knowledge, and I called anonymously to the intake services (?) to ask what all the "<em>supervised release</em>" entailed - what did it mean? What did I have to do? What was my obligation?</p><p></p><p><strong>FYI - </strong> the notes of the conversation I jotted down included this following info:</p><p></p><p>Supervised release has a sponsor. You would be the <strong>Sponsor</strong>. It sounded like<em> babysitting</em>, as you see from the info below. For those of us trying so hard to not enable and to detach, this seemed like tethering a noose to both of us to remain attached without an escape ! Whew!</p><p></p><p>The following is some of the info I jotted down:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The sponsor must go to the court hearings, and make sure the defendant gets to court.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Defendant must live with sponsor in the same residence.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sponsor must agree to terms and conditions, such as the following :</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sponsor must enforce conditions such as curfews, ensure offender makes required contacts to parole officer, and checks in to court dates etc. Also if there is monitoring on the offender such as a GPS, the sponsor must monitor location of GPS to ensure the offender meets conditions and restrictions on locations.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sponsor must advise the court if defendant is not following rules. If the sponsor does not advise the court about any breaches of the offender, then the sponsor can be charged with “<em>contempt of court.</em>”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sponsor must accompany defendant to court dates and trials. Sponsor must accompany the offender with checking in to places he needs to report to, such as check ins for Urine Analysis, etc, and other court meetings , doctor status checks, etc.</li> </ul><p>Other notes:</p><p> ~ If defendant does not do well on supervised release or if defendant gets another charge while on release, it will make it worse and harder for him when sentenced.</p><p> ~ If interested in being a sponsor for supervise release, you contact and work with Public Defender (PD) , who will interview you and explain the terms and conditions. Then PD will have to submit a motion, and get a hearing date set. You must attend . All this could take some weeks.</p><p></p><p>I'm just sharing the info so you have a more complete picture and confirmation that you are doing right thing (for yourself and for Tornado) in not supervising release.</p><p>Hang in there. Malama pono.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kalahou, post: 738576, member: 19617"] Aloha kakou Leaf, [I]All so familiar[/I]. My son repeatedly told me that "[I]supervised release[/I]" meant nothing more than giving my name, and my son even told me he would not have to live with me. Also the defender called me on two occasions during son's 6 month stay to ask / almost plead if I would supervise release. The defender also acted like it wasn't a big deal. (Whoa! guess she had never been in our shoes!) Like you, I was firm ~ not available. I decided to find out more myself just for my own knowledge, and I called anonymously to the intake services (?) to ask what all the "[I]supervised release[/I]" entailed - what did it mean? What did I have to do? What was my obligation? [B]FYI - [/B] the notes of the conversation I jotted down included this following info: Supervised release has a sponsor. You would be the [B]Sponsor[/B]. It sounded like[I] babysitting[/I], as you see from the info below. For those of us trying so hard to not enable and to detach, this seemed like tethering a noose to both of us to remain attached without an escape ! Whew! The following is some of the info I jotted down: [LIST] [*]The sponsor must go to the court hearings, and make sure the defendant gets to court. [*]Defendant must live with sponsor in the same residence. [*]Sponsor must agree to terms and conditions, such as the following : [*]Sponsor must enforce conditions such as curfews, ensure offender makes required contacts to parole officer, and checks in to court dates etc. Also if there is monitoring on the offender such as a GPS, the sponsor must monitor location of GPS to ensure the offender meets conditions and restrictions on locations. [*]Sponsor must advise the court if defendant is not following rules. If the sponsor does not advise the court about any breaches of the offender, then the sponsor can be charged with “[I]contempt of court.[/I]” [*]Sponsor must accompany defendant to court dates and trials. Sponsor must accompany the offender with checking in to places he needs to report to, such as check ins for Urine Analysis, etc, and other court meetings , doctor status checks, etc. [/LIST] Other notes: ~ If defendant does not do well on supervised release or if defendant gets another charge while on release, it will make it worse and harder for him when sentenced. ~ If interested in being a sponsor for supervise release, you contact and work with Public Defender (PD) , who will interview you and explain the terms and conditions. Then PD will have to submit a motion, and get a hearing date set. You must attend . All this could take some weeks. I'm just sharing the info so you have a more complete picture and confirmation that you are doing right thing (for yourself and for Tornado) in not supervising release. Hang in there. Malama pono. [/QUOTE]
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