Community supervision conditions are often imposed at the start of a supervision term and left in place as an individual’s risk, needs, and circumstances change. To better align with the goals of behavior change and public safety, some states are tailoring supervision conditions to risk and need assessment results, recognizing progress, and adjusting requirements over time.
This resource maps how post-adjudication community supervision conditions are imposed, enforced, and modified nationwide. The analysis draws on statutes, court rules, administrative codes, agency practices, a survey spanning 22 states, as well as insights gathered from supervision agency leaders across 11 states in order to gain a deeper understanding of on-the-ground practices. Seventy-two percent of survey respondents said conditions are sometimes or never modified to reflect an updated risk and needs assessment, and fifty-eight percent agreed conditions could sometimes be reduced without affecting public safety. These key findings, alongside other findings presented in this report, give supervision professionals, researchers, and policymakers a baseline for comparing their jurisdiction’s conditions practices to other innovative and evidence-based practices across the supervision field.
Read the full report: Community Supervision Conditions Nationwide: A Landscape Analysis
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