EXiT In The News
Why Probation and Parole Doesn’t Work as Advertised. Knowable Magazine, February 21, 2024. Lola Butcher.
Iowa has Taken the Lead on Probation Reform. The Iowa Gazette, February 11, 2024. Brian Lovins.
Read the Statement from community supervision executives on the importance of using best practices during the COVID-19 crisis. The Statement’s recommendations include:
Immediately limit office visits for people on parole and probation.
Suspend or severely limit technical violations for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
Reduce intake onto probation and parole to only those who absolutely need to be under supervision.
Reduce the terms of probation and parole to only as long as necessary to achieve the goals of supervision.
Train staff to provide clear, accurate and understandable information to probation and parole clients.
Community Supervision Is Overused, Overly Punitive, And Fuels Mass Incarceration, Justice Leaders Say. WitnessLA, December 1, 2020. Taylor Walker.
The cruelty of parole in New York. New York Daily News, November 19, 2020. Darcel Clark, Eric Gonzalez, and Cyrus Vance Jr.
Community supervision, once intended to help offenders, contributes more to mass incarceration. USA Today, November 19, 2020. Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Vincent Schiraldi.
Ending Mass Supervision. The Appeal, November 19, 2020. Jay Willis.
Top Prosecutors Call for ‘Downsized, Less Punitive’ Probation and Parole. The Crime Report, November 19, 2020.
How to Ensure Justice Involvement Isn’t a Barrier to Voting. The Crime Report, September 30, 2020. Vincent Schiraldi.
We Should Listen to Rayshard Brooks About Probation. USA Today, June 23, 2020. Vincent Schiraldi.
Stop Putting People in Prison for Small Parole and Probation Rule Violations. Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2020. David Muhammad and Vincent Schiraldi.
Probation Conditions Relaxed During The Pandemic. Some Say They Should Stay That Way. The Appeal, June 8, 2020. Lauren Lee White.
How Missed Appointments or Curfews Can Lead to COVID-19. City & State New York, May 19, 2020. Vincent Schiraldi.
Coronavirus Adds Urgency to Addressing the Nation’s Probation and Parole System. Pew Has 50 Ideas to Help. Arnold Ventures, April 29, 2020. Diana D'Abruzzo.
Probation and Parole Officers Are Rethinking Their Rules As Coronavirus Spreads. The Marshall Project, April 3, 2020. Beth Schwartzapfel.
Nevadans on parole, probation during coronavirus still have to pay fees. Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 23, 2020. Dalton LaFerney.
How Coronavirus May Change Criminal Justice. Law360, March 22, 2020. RJ Vogt.
Justice Experts Appeal for Smaller Probation Footprint During Pandemic. The Chronicle of Social Change, March 17, 2020. John Kelly.
Statement from community supervision executives on the importance of using best practices during the COVID-19 crisis. March 17, 2020.
[press release] Coronavirus Threat: Parole and Probation Officials Offer Urgent Recommendations. March 17, 2020.
What I Learned About Voting Rights in the Fields of Angola. The Marshall Project, March 12, 2020. Norris Henderson.
Autumn 2019
Notes On Probation and Parole from New York City. Right on Crime, December 19, 2019. Scott Peyton.
Can we please talk about probation and parole? Supervision programs are throwing people back behind bars for technical violations. New York Daily News, December 10, 2019. Barbara Broderick and Vincent Schiraldi.
Changing the Culture of Community Supervision. The Crime Report, December 10, 2019. Isidoro Rodriguez.
How to End the Era of Mass Supervision. The Chronicle of Social Change, September 30, 2019. David Muhammad and Vincent Schiraldi.
Summer 2019
Columbia Justice Lab Supports New Group to Reform the Role of Probation and Parole in the Criminal Justice System. September 12, 2019, Art for Justice Fund.
New Initiative Launches to Help Cities Reform Probation and Parole. Next City, August 20, 2019. Cinnamon Janzer.
Leaders on the Front Lines of Probation and Parole Propose an Exit From a Broken Status Quo. Arnold Ventures, August 19, 2019.
LIVE from the Launch of the EXiT: Executives Transforming Probation and Parole Initiative. The Chronicle of Social Change, August 19, 2019. Jeremy Loudenback.
Mass. Probation Commissioner Joins National Effort To Reform Court-Ordered Supervision. WBUR News, August 19, 2019. Deborah Becker.
CNN’s Van Jones, Probation and Parole Leaders Endorse Call to Reduce and Reimagine Supervision. The Chronicle of Social Change, August 16, 2019. Jeremy Loudenback.