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.

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• STATE RESUMES PAROLE FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS..
• MAN ARRESTED IN RECORD METH BUST SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS..
• STRICT RULES IN PAROLE OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS PRAISED..
• OHIO UPGRADES CRIMINAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR VICTIMS..
• SEX OFFENDER ALLOWED AT SCHOOL..
• C.J. STEWART PLEADS FOR LENIENCY DURING SENTENCING..
• RENDELL LIFTS PAROLE BAN FOR VIOLENT INMATES..
• ACCOMPLICE IN IMPOUND LOT VANDALISM GETS 1 YEAR PROBATION IN PLEA BARGAIN..
• DE PERE COUNCIL OKS PAROLE OFFICE LOCATION..
• LAWMEN MAKE 23 WEEKEND ARRESTS..
• FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PLEADS GUILTY TO RAPE..
• CONVICTED OFFENDERS LIVE BY STRICT SET OF RULES..
• ANNEX PLANS FOR EXPANSION EL PASO JAIL HAS PLENTY OF ROOM..
• JURY SELECTION UNDER WAY IN MURDER TRIAL..
• PRISONER TRACKING ENHANCED..
• UP IN FLAMES..
• INMATES TO GET SECOND CHANCE..
• ARMAGH SEX OFFENDER BACK BEHIND BARS..
• INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN FIRE AT PROBATION BUILDING..
• 12 JAILED IN DOS PALOS PROBATION CHECKS..
• PROBATION ORDERED IN HOME INVASION..
• NO PAROLE IN ATTACK ON SPOUSE..
• FATHER SUSPECTED OF CHILDS DEATH FACES PROBATION CHARGE TODAY..
• JUDGE DENIES PROBATION FOR GUARDSMAN - ARMY NEWS, OPINIONS, EDITORIALS, NEW..
• JUDGE DENIES SHOCK PROBATION FOR GUARDSMAN..
• JAIL, PROBATION IN ROBBERY BY KNIFE..
• CINCINNATI POLICE NEED YOUR HELP FINDING THREE CRIMINALS..
• 1 DEAD, PROBATION OFFICER INJURED IN MIDTOWN MOBILE GUNFIGHT..
• BLAZE GUTS PAROLE OFFICE..
• CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER ALLEGEDLY VIOLATES PAROLE..
• GERMAN COURT OKS RELEASE OF EX-LEFTIST TERRORIST..
• NICK HERBERT RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITIES - A DECADE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS..
• OPERATION STREET SWEEP CLEANS UP CRIME..
• CULPEPER PROBATION OFFICE BURNS TO GROUND..
• CONVICTED OFFENDER FROM ARMAGH GOES BACK TO PRISON..
• FIRE DESTROYS PROBATION OFFICE IN CULPEPER..
• REPORTER VOLUNTEERS TO TESTIFY VS ATONG ANG..
• REVOLVING DOORS THE CRISIS IN CALIFORNIAS PAROLE SYSTEM..
• WANTED IN BERKS COUNTY..
• 7 ARRESTED IN FRIDAY PROBATION CHECK..
• DENNIS LARSEN IS OUT ON PROBATION FATHER ACCEPTS A PLEA AGREEMENT IN MURDER..
• NE POLICE ARREST TWO WANTED FOR PAROLE VIOLATION..
• COUPLE JAILED ON NUMEROUS DRUG CHARGES..
• ACCUSED THIEF ARRESTED FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION..
• EX-NITTANY LION BELL GETS PROBATION FOR THREAT..
• STATES CHIEF U.S. PROBATION OFFICER SPEAKS AT SCSU TODAY..
• GAFFNEY OPTOMETRIST DENIED PAROLE..
• GROVE MAN BREAKS PROBATION..
• POLICE FOSTER HAD DECADES-LONG ARREST RECORD..
• FEMALE PROBATIONERS TO GET ALCOHOL, DRUG REHAB..