Parole and Probation are two ways that a person who has been convicted of a crime can avoid spending time in jail. Though they are similar, they do differ in several important ways. Parole is the supervised release of a prisoner before his or her sentence has been completed. Parole is conditional, and the conditions usually include obedience to the law, maintaining a job, and contacting a parole officer on a regular basis. A

Probation differs from parole in that it is part of a criminal’s original sentence. A criminal may be sentenced to Probation rather than jail-time, it can be in additional to time served in prison. Like Parole, an individual on Probation must abide by certain conditions, which may be quite stringent. Violation of Parole or Probation may result in additional time in prison.

• POLICE FOSTER HAD DECADES-LONG ARREST RECORD..
• FEMALE PROBATIONERS TO GET ALCOHOL, DRUG REHAB..
• PRISON SERIES, DAY 3 LINING UP TO SUE..
• FAMILY CONTENDS WITH GRANTING OF DAY PAROLE FOR EDWARD BUTT..
• NEW JERSEY CLAIMS FOSTER RELEASED IN AUGUST WITHOUT PERMISSION..
• OPERATION NETS 62 PAROLE VIOLATORS..
• SHERIFFS LOG..
• NORTHSIDE INVESTIGATION TO BE RELEASED..
• PAROLE OPPORTUNITY UPSETS VICTIMS FAMILIES..
• CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST PAROLE OFFICER IN DUI CASE..
• BILL SEEKS ADDED BENEFITS FOR PROBATION, PAROLE WORKERS..
• BIG LEAP IN YOUTH CRIMES..
• 39 ARRESTED IN S.F. POLICE SWEEP..
• SAN FRANCISCO - CITY SWEEP NETS 39 HIGH-RISK SUSPECTS..
• SF POLICE ARRESTED 39 PAROLEES FOR VIOLATIONS..
• SALISBURY PROBATION CHECK LEADS TO COCAINE ARREST..
• REPORT SCRAP TYC, CREATE JOINT JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY..
• 32 ARRESTED IN L.A. PROBATION SWEEP..
• 32 ARRESTED IN PROBATION COMPLIANCE STING..
• OFFICERS INJURED IN CHASE..
• CRIMINALS, ADVOCATES SAY TEXAS PAROLE RESTRICTIONS UNFAIR TO LOW-LEVEL OFFE..
• SIX SEX OFFENDERS WHO VIOLATED PAROLE ON HALLOWEEN ARE BEHIND BARS 11-10-08..
• PALO ALTO FINDS RACIAL PROFILING DATA NOT ALL BLACK-AND-WHITE..
• ONE IN EIGHT KENTUCKY CRIMINALS OUT ON PAROLE..
• JORDAL GETS PROBATION..
• DE PERE COMMITTEE OKS PROBATION, PAROLE OFFICE..
• FELON SOUGHT BY MARSHALS..
• CONVICTED RAPIST SENTENCED TO LIFE..
• POS TO SUPERVISE SEX OFFENDERS UNDER NEW LAW..
• YOUTH IMPACT PROGRAM USES EXERCISE, POSITIVE THINKING..
• JUDGE DEPAULI FINDS HE VIOLATED RULES OF HIS PROBATION..
• SHERIFFS PATROL LOG ARRESTED SUSPECT IN CASTROVILLE ALSO ON PROBATION, PARO..
• SEARCH NETS ID THEFT MATERIALS IN VISALIA..
• MUHLENBERG STANDOFF ENDS WITH ARREST..
• PAROLE BOARD TO DECIDE GLUCKINS FATE..
• MCLEAN GETS 47 DAYS IN JAIL AND PROBATION, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY..
• HALLOWEEN CHECKS FIND MOST OFFENDERS IN COMPLIANCE..
• SUSPECTS PAROLE COULD BE YANKED..
• PROBATION, PAROLE SWEEP NETS TWO ARRESTS IN VISALIA..
• DE PERE EYES PAROLE, PROBATION QUARTERS..
• LATEST NEWS..
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• AUTHORITIES DROP IN ON REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS..
• POLICE CATCH 60 SEX OFFENDERS BREAKING RULES..
• OFFICERS SWEEP FOR OUT OF COMPLIANCE SEX OFFENDERS..
• TIP LEADS TO FIVE ARRESTS IN MONITEAU COUNTY..
• PROBATION OFFICER FIRED FOR ALLEGED PHONE CALLS..
• DOC EMPLOYEES TO BE HONORED FOR VALOR..
• KENNEY RECEIVES LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE..
• REITER GETS PROBATION FOR GUNS, DOPE..