Parole Process Reforms
Parole Process,
January 2005
(Flow Charts)
What are parole
guidelines?
Parole guidelines bill makes progress,
Consensus,
Winter 2008
Recording parole
interviews The “substantial and
compelling reasons” given for denying parole to people
who are statistically at low risk for re-offending are
often grounded in the parole interview. See CAPPS
recommendations on recording interviews.
Parole conditions make it hard to
succeed. Consensus, Fall 2007.
CAPPS urges community oversight for very ill,
elderly.
Consensus. Fall 2006.
Policy Statement on Parole Reform
by the
Criminal Law Section, State Bar of
Michigan, June 2007 .
Prisons and Corrections, State Bar of Michigan,
Policy Statements:
•
Parole
and Commutations Process, June 8, 2011
•
Medical
paroles, Nov. 17, 2007
•
Extending
parole terms for parolees who owe restitution, May 19, 2007
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costs of
Michigan's prison system |
“We need to reserve
prison space for criminals we’re afraid of and use
more conducive and less costly alternatives to
rehabilitate offenders we are simply mad at.”
--Robert Brown Jr., Director, Michigan
Department of Corrections, 1984-1992 |
