probation
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A probation officer said it is "not clear there's anything actually new here in terms of how probation staff are going to manage people being released earlier".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"The probation service is overwhelmed, with high caseloads and lots of vacancies putting often inexperienced staff under huge pressure," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Handing down the sentence, Judge Kelly Ho said given Maximilien's "age and nature of the offence", alternatives like probation or a community-based sentence would not be imposed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
It said it could only request the court to prohibit Pelosi from driving as a condition of his probation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Ironically, Ms. Gruwell chose him to play Rufus’s probation officer.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
"We need make sure our communities are safe and criminals are taken back to prison when they break the terms of their probations," her eldest daughter Jess said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Documents may include formal accusations, which detail allegations of gross negligence and other violations; letters of reprimand; and disciplinary orders spelling out stipulated agreements, suspensions, revocations and probations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Their protests earned them 12-month probations from the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020
Penalties listed in the guide include team probations and suspension from post-season play.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2016
Petty inclinations are strengthened by petty motives, exposed to petty probations, and brought by petty steps nearer and nearer to a petty conclusion.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
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