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[14] California accounted for 12 percent of the U.S. population but 18% of the U.S. parole population, and almost 90,000 California parolees returned to prison in 2000. [14] Parole Agents making a home visit in Oakland, California
SSU on a Parole Sweep Circa 1998 SSU Circa 2001. The Special Service Unit was formed in 1964 at the request of California Governor Pat Brown.The unit's formation is said to have evolved after the March 9, 1963, kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers.
State of California - Official website; California State Government Organization Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine - Chart showing a hierarchy of the above departments and commissions
Parole was abolished from the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1984, and as such there are no longer any federal parole officers. However, there are a small and decreasing number of parolees still being supervised that were sentenced prior to 1984, including court-martialed US military personnel. U.S. probation officers supervise these cases.
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A bill before the California Legislature would allow murderous felons — those serving life without parole — to petition for early release if they have been in prison for at least 25 years.
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".