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| State tells parole officers to surrender guns |
| By timesunion.com - Brendan J. Lyons |
| Published: 02/24/2012 |
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ALBANY, NY — More than 130 parole officers who work in state prisons are being stripped of their police powers under a reorganization the officers said may be pushing high-risk inmates back on the streets with less supervision. Correctional officials said the program is working, and the reorganization is intended to make the system run "smarter and more efficiently" and is part of their effort to streamline the newly merged prison and parole agencies. The reorganization includes implementation of a new computer-oriented system, called COMPAS, to assess whether inmates are suitable for release back into their communities. The program tracks an individual's progress from when they enter prison until their release from supervision. But some officers said the COMPAS program removes the ability of parole officers to make human judgments or inform commissioners when they think an inmate is lying and may not be ready for parole. "What we've been finding is that inmates are already finding out how to cheat the system," said a parole officer assigned to a prison detail but not authorized to comment publicly. The officer said inmates have obtained copies of COMPAS reports on other inmates who scored low-risk assessments that helped get them released. "They're memorizing their answers," the officer said. "So the COMPAS instrument isn't going to be accurate. ... Whether we agree with what the inmate is saying or not we don't have a say in it. We had the ability to say this guy didn't present well and didn't seem honest when he was answering questions. The COMPAS is taking that away from us." Peter K. Cutler, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections and Community Services, said state officials have "never heard such an allegation" that inmates are memorizing other inmates' answers. "If a (parole officer) has such info they have an obligation to share it with their supervisors," he said. Read More. |
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