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As of May 2021, all functions of parole supervision have been transferred from the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole to the DOC. DOC operates the 22 parole field offices in three regions and nine districts as well as the institutional parole offices located in each state correctional institution.
The Pennsylvania Parole Board (Board) is committed to protecting the safety of the public, addressing the needs of crime victims, improving county adult probation and parole services and assisting in the fair administration of justice by ensuring the custody, control, and treatment of offenders under the jurisdiction of the Board. [1]
As of 2018, sixteen states had abolished the parole function in favor of "determinate sentencing". [3] Wisconsin, in 2000, was the last state to abolish that function. However, parole boards in those states continue to exist in order to deal with imprisoned felons sentenced before the imposition of "determinate sentencing".
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole; Pennsylvania Department of Aging; Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Pennsylvania Department of Banking; Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development; Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Bureau of Forestry; Bureau of State Parks; Office of Conservation ...
In the United States, probation and parole officers exist at the city, county, state, and federal levels, that is, wherever there is a court of competent jurisdiction. In 2020, over four million Americans were on probation or parole. [17]
Frackville, Pennsylvania: State Correctional Institution – Phoenix: Skippack, Pennsylvania: Opened July 11, 2018, replacing the adjoining State Correctional Institution – Graterford, which had been Pennsylvania's largest prison. Graterford opened in 1929 and worked with Eastern State Penitentiary until its closing in 1970.