Description: In 2003, the Massachusetts Trial Court, under the general superintendence of the Supreme Judicial Court, is still made up of the seven departments, each with its own administrative office, the central Administrative Office (consisting itself of eight departments), the Office of the Jury Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner of Probation. There are three hundred sixty-two authorized judicial positions in the system. Trial judges sit in more than one hundred thirty locations across the state. The Trial Court employs more than 7,000 people. It is an institution that has a short recent history but has the benefit of the illustrious traditions and history that each of its constituent departments and courts brought to it in 1978.
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Description: The Massachusetts Parole Board is an agency within the Executive Office of Public Safety authorized to grant paroles, supervise the parolee, and make recommendations to the Governor in regard to pardons and commutations. Annually, the agency conducts over 10,000 face-to-face parole release hearings, supervises over 8,000 parolees, provides notice and assistance to thousands of victims and provides reentry services to nearly 700 state offenders leaving custody with no post release supervision.
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Description: Montana Board of Pardons and Parole
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Description: Missouri Board of Probation and Parole
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Description: Maryland Parole Commission
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Description: Maryland Division of Parole and Probation
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Description: The paroling authority for adult offenders is the Board of Pardons and Parole.
The Community Corrections Bureau under the Corrections Division of the Department of Corrections and Human Services supervises adult probationers and parolees.
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Description: The Board of Probation and Parole is the adult paroling authority, and is under the supervision of the Director of the Department of Corrections. The Board administers probation and parole services.
Board of Probation & Parole
1511 Christy Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 751-8488
Fax: (573) 522-8461
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Description: Legislation was passed in January 2000 that re-established the parole board. The Mississippi Parole Board has five members and is the paroling authority.
The Community Services Division of the Department of Corrections supervises adult probationers and parolees and makes pre-sentence investigations.
Mississippi State Parole Board
201 West Capitol Street, Suite 800
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 354-7716
Department of Corrections
Community Services Division
723 N. President St.
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone (601) 359-5600
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Description: The Commissioner of Corrections has responsibility for setting conditions of supervised release for adults and has delegated this responsibility to the Hearings & Release Unit. Probation, parole and supervised release services are provided by the state and counties in different manners. Counties participating in the state Community Corrections Act (one-third of the 87 counties) provide probation, parole and supervised release services to both adults and juveniles. In the remaining counties, adult felony probation, parole and supervised release services are provided by the state, while juvenile probation and parole services and adult misdemeanant services are provided by county personnel or through contracts with the state.
Department of Corrections
1450 Energy Park Dr., Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108-5219
Phone: (651) 361-7200
Fax: (651) 917-4768
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Description: The Parole Board reviews all adult parole cases. The Field Operations Administration, under the Department of Corrections, administers adult parole and felony probation services.
Adult misdemeanant probation services are provided by district courts throughout the state, supported by the jurisdiction in which they are located.
Parole Board
Department of Corrections
Field Operations Administration
P. O. Box 30003
(Deliveries only: Grandview Plaza Bldg, 206 E. Michigan Ave)
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 335-6903
Fax: (517) 335-3840
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Description: The Maryland Parole Commission is responsible for granting parole, reviewing requests for warrants for alleged parole violation, recommending executive clemency requests to the Governor, evaluating parolees' performance when on parole and ensuring the victims of crime receive an opportunity for input during the parole process.
The Maryland Division of Parole and Probation supervises felony and misdemeanant (i.e., ensures compliance with special conditions, conducts drug tests of offenders, refers offenders to drug treatment and other services) adult parolees and probationers and monitors individuals convicted of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and Driving Under the Influence (DUI). In addition, the Division offers and delivers victim services, collects restitution and fees from offenders; prepares pre-sentence and pre-parole investigations and numerous other reports for the Judiciary and the Maryland Parole Commission.
Parole Commission
6776 Reisterstown Rd.
Ste. 307
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone (410) 585-3200
Fax (410) 764-4355
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Description: The Parole Board hears pre-1976 adult cases of parole and juvenile violation cases from the Maine Youth Center. Those sentenced after April 1976 have flat sentences and no parole.
Adult Community Corrections, under the Department of Corrections, provides adult field services.
Division of Probation & Parole
AMHI Complex, State House Station #111
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 287-4381
Fax: (207) 287-6707
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Description: The Department of Correction is comprised of professionals who are committed to an open and respectful organization dedicated to public safety through the safe, secure, humane confinement and successful re-entry of our offender population.
Our mission is to promote public safety by incarcerating offenders while providing opportunities for participation in effective programming designed to reduce recidivism.
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