probation
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The number of people leaving prison, supervised by Welsh probation services, who were recorded as rough sleeping on the day of their release rose by 24% in 2025-26.
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
Napo, the probation service union, said the releases have put enormous strain on its members, who are charged with monitoring the offenders in the community.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Under California law, a judge is required to dismiss the poisoning charge if every condition of probation has been followed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
That figure, of course, does not include the thousands who avoid prison but are arrested, convicted, and sentenced to jail or probation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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"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
Some want uniform caps on probation terms and the Senate bill calls for such limits: three years for misdemeanors and five years for probations.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
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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