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| Working To Help Ex-Offenders |
| By connectionnewspapers.com - Gerald A. Fill |
| Published: 05/23/2013 |
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Probably the only time the average citizen hears about the Department of Corrections probation program is when something goes wrong. An offender on probation violates his or her terms of her parole and commits a crime. The public is outraged and concerned about their safety and the safety of the community. #In Virginia recidivism — the rate of reincarceration — happens on an average 23.4 percent of the time for the past three years — second in the nation after Oklahoma. Rarely does the public learn about the benefits and successes of the Virginia Department of Corrections’ Probation and Parole Districts. #The program, when it works as it should, provides an offender who has served time in jail and on probation with help to reintegrate back into the community to lead productive law-abiding lives. Ex-offenders are not easily reintegrated into society; they are hard to place in jobs and often, according to C.W. “Corky” Rorrer, chief, Probation and Parole, Arlington and Falls Church District #10, and others, face mental health and other social and relationship problems that impede successful rehabilitation. Read More. |
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