Virginia Department of Corrections recognizes Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week
Published Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2021, 12:05 am
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This week, the Virginia Department of Corrections honors the Department’s probation and parole officers.
Gov. Ralph Northam has declared July 18-24 as Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week, and during this time the Virginia DOC will honor its probation and parole officers for the important role they play in promoting public safety in the Commonwealth.
The past 16 months have presented a remarkable challenge for probation and parole officers. They have met this challenge and developed an array of new approaches to monitor and assist those under their supervision. The officers have collaborated with their many community partners, embrac
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Although the American Civil Liberties Union report âOvercrowded and Deadly: West Virginiaâs Jails are in Crisisâ was published this past February, little action has been taken by the state to address the findings in the report or even respond by acknowledging the truth behind the report.
Based on 2020 data collected from 45 jurisdictions by the Reuters news agency, the report declares that West Virginia has the âdeadliest jail systemâ in the U.S. because it outpaces the national average death rate in every category of inmate morality.
The report uses quantitative data to explore differences in, first and foremost, the inmate death rate and death rate by cause between West Virginia and the United States and secondly, the death rate, causes of jail death, and time of jail death among the stateâs 10 regional jails. The report also includes âan analysis of pretrial detention, jail deaths and jail overcrowding in W
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