Transcript Leaving-Prisonx

Leaving Prison: Parole
Group #2 Angel, Bria, Mike, Shakira, and Yashaira
Parole Board
• A panel of individuals who decide if an offender should be released
from prison on parole.
• The Board also dictates what specific rules parolees must obey.
• The majority of the board have the final release decisions.
• The Board is a duly constituted body of men and women.
Parole Board Photo ( taken from Google)
Is there a legal right to Parole?
• Swarthout V. Cooke and Cate V. Clay
• No absolute or legal right to receive parole.
• The courts do not have the right to step in and conclude the boards
(governors) decisions.
Parole Effectiveness
Supervision on the outside
• Parolees are supervised and monitored.
• Parolees must stay out of trouble
• Must stay drug and alcohol free
• Be employed
• Attend counseling
• May be given random drug test.
Supervision on the outside 2
The Problem with Reentry
• Being Separated from family and friends takes a steep toll.
• Psychological and Economic problems
• Undereducated
• Unemployed
• Substance-abusing
• Lower-socioeconomic-status
• Not sharing in conventional society
• Associating with dangerous people
• Adapting to a volatile lifestyle
Why do People fail on Parole?
• Inmates may be discouraged from seeking involvement in
rehabilitation programs.
• The lack of incentive (involvement in programs)
• Have not received adequate treatment
• Are unprepared for life in conventional society
• About 200,000 released inmates go unsupervised each year
Personal Problems
• Drug abuse
• Criminal behavior
• Antisocial
• Suffered from lifetime of substance abuse
• Dependence disorder
• Harbor aggressive feelings
Economic Problems
• Serving time reduces hourly wages for men by about 11%
• Annual employment by 9 weeks and annual earnings by 40%
• Most inmates leave prison with no savings
• Inmates have no entitlement to unemployment benefits