Parole Programs

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This paper explains that parole, which is a conditional release of people serving time that allows them to serve the rest of their time outside jail in the community as long as they comply with the terms of the release; hence, multiple programs have been designed to stop them from violating these terms. The paper discusses the Reintegrating Alternatives Personal Program (RAPP), run by Christian volunteers who get parolees employed and reunited with their families by offering a wide range of services such as counseling for substance abuse and mentoring and a plan devised by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., which pays parolees, who report on time to their parole offices, a monthly stipend of $25. The paper is critical of both programs and stresses that, for a plan to ensure the prevention and cure of recidivism, it must be targeted and specific in nature depending on the person it is dealing with and should be run by a professional staff.

From the Paper:

"Giving $25 worth of incentives to report to the parole officer is not a good idea and apart from them reporting to a parole officer, the parole officer should also be mobile enough to go out to them if they don't appear on the scheduled day. The parolee should also be made to visit a psychologist every month who can in turn keep on updating the progress. Assistance should be given to those who require a job desperately. A program should be such that it would cover all the bases to benefit the parolee and naturally benefit the society. Rehabilitation should be provided to those addicted to drugs and their families should be involved in the rehabilitation process so that the support which he would receive from them would help his transition to a drug free much easier.".

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