probation
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In total, 695 prison leavers managed by Welsh probation services were rough sleeping on the day of their release.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
On Monday, a judge approved Xu’s petition to have his felony charge dismissed following the completion of his probation earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Jackson, who is in his sixth season with the Rams and fourth as quarterback Matthew Stafford’s blindside protector, entered a diversion program that required him to complete probation and anger management classes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Without naming Bogle, the letter, sent on Wednesday, said he had been identified as a high-risk offender by the probation service but was released on 1 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
One to a parent or guardian, the other to your employer if you have a job, or your probation officer if you’re on probation.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
"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
The terms of the probations haven’t been announced, however.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2015
Independently of the theory of Satanic intervention which the above details are adduced to disprove, they are very interesting in themselves, for the insight they give into the exact character of these terrible probations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various
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