Probation is an alternative to prison provided by the court as a form of punishment for offenders that do not pose a severe threat to society. After reviewing the file of Kris, Robert Donovan, a Jurisville probation officer, has suggested severe probation. Probation officers examine the record of an individual and make recommendations to the court. Severe probation refers to direct supervision by a probation officer that is organized and designed to reroute the offender from going to prison. Criminals sent to prison are far more likely to commit crimes upon their release than the defendant that is on probation.
When looking at the case of Kris, the probation officer would have seen that the defendant committed a non-violent …show more content…
There are many reasons this approach is necessary. For one the type of crime committed by the criminal offender should be dependent on where they are placed (Campbell, 2013). A criminal that commits a nonviolent felony should not be placed with violent, repeat offenders. By placing inmates in the appropriate prison there are fewer security risks. For example if a prison has a large number of prisoners from one gang it would be much better to put the inmates in another prison to risk the security complications this could …show more content…
When inmates are matched to the right prison there will be fewer security issues. For example lower risk prison inmates will be placed in correctional facilities with minimum security while the most violent of inmates would be put in maximum security prisons. Less risk prisoners would not be put in maximum security prisons because of the risk they would face due to more violent inmates. When an inmate is forced to serve their sentence in a maximum security prison it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment if their crime was a minor felony