NCJ Number
154283
Journal
Federal Probation Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1995) Pages: 28-35
Date Published
1995
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Based on national standards, this article describes how officers who provide pretrial-services supervision should develop and execute supervision plans and how they should manage defendants' noncompliance with release conditions.
Abstract
In June 1994 the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts published national standards for the supervision of persons charged with criminal offenses who are released under supervision pending adjudication of the charges. To manage risk and monitor the defendant's compliance with the conditions of release, the officer should develop and execute an effective supervision plan. The officer must identify supervision issues and select supervision strategies to address these issues. This assessment period gives an officer up to 10 business days after the defendant is released to complete the supervision planning process and ensure that the Initial Case Supervision Plan is based on complete and verified information. For each identified supervision issue, an officer must choose a supervision strategy, which is an activity appropriate to address the supervision issue. Officers should adjust supervision activities as needed to assure the appearance of the defendant and the community's safety, and such activities should be the least restrictive possible to accomplish this. Officers must inform the court and the U.S. attorney of all apparent violations of release conditions. Prior to informing the court and the U.S. attorney of an apparent violation, the officer must determine if there was an apparent violation and respond to the apparent violation. An officer's response to an apparent violation should be authorized, appropriate, enforceable, and timely. 2 notes