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| On parole? Probation? Just pick up the phone to check in |
| By freep.com - L.L. BRASIER AND JOHN SLY |
| Published: 10/03/2011 |
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On any given day, hundreds of convicted felons in Michigan pick up their phones and make a monthly call to Chicago to answer 90 seconds of automated questions. Have you re-offended? Have you moved from your place of residence? Are you employed? The new approach to monitoring some ex-cons, called OffenderLink, has been used in Michigan for 15 months. More than 14,400 probationers and parolees have participated. Corrections officials bill it as a cost-effective means of monitoring a large population of low-risk offenders so probation and parole agents can concentrate on others who pose a greater risk to public safety. Read More. |
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