Looking at the pros and cons of community-based corrections, do you think probation is too lenient for felony offenders?
What do you feel is the greatest pro and the greatest con of probation? What do you feel is the greatest pro and the greatest con of parole?
Are there other creative options besides probation/parole or electronic monitoring that can allow for convicted offenders to remain in the community?

 

Peruse Prisoner Reentry: What Works, What Does Not, and What is Promising (Reading 16) and Prisoner Reentry in a Small Metropolitan Community: Obstacles and Policy Recommendations (Reading 17). Use the internet to do your own research on prisoner reentry.
What are your thoughts on the issue? Do you feel that prisoner reentry is important? Do you feel that successful reentry is tied into a lower rate of recidivism?

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