Bloated federal supervision system makes everyone less safe

Source: thehill.com 6/1/24

More released convicts living under the watchful eye of a probation officer means safer communities, right? Wrong. 

Big government has tainted the criminal justice system. This includes federal supervised release, which is failing everyone it is supposed to help, from taxpayers to law enforcement officers to those trying to rebuild their lives after prison.

 
The Safer Supervision Act before Congress would restore federal supervision to its intended scope and purpose, create safer communities and use taxpayer money more responsibly.

Congress originally established federal supervised release to help people “transition into the community after the service of a long prison term for a particularly serious offense, or to provide rehabilitation.” It was meant to be a targeted approach, applied only when deemed necessary for public safety or an individual’s successful re-entry into society.

Unfortunately, that’s not what the system does today. Instead of being used sparsely, as intended, federal supervised release has now become the default. Critically, this is not because it is being used for safety reasons — on the contrary, violent crime has decreased rapidly in the decades since supervised release was established. Government inertia has allowed the system to snowball unchecked. 

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I have a feeling that the Safer Supervision Act won’t cover sex crimes like CP charges for example. But hey – you never know…

It allows for political credibility and the illusion that they’re watching out for everybody while being bigger government because they are, of course, here to help you.

First, it would impose supervision only when necessary to prevent new crimes or ensure successful rehabilitation.

That eliminates anyone coming out of an FCI for a sex crime because we are inherently dangerous and reoffend at frighteningly high levels. It’s utter bullshit but the SCOTUS says so so it must be true when it comes to judges and prosecutors!

Hmmm. This opinion piece was written by Hannah Cox, co-founder of Based Politics. If she’s concerned about ineffective criminal injustice practices and gobs of taxpayer money wasted, I think it’s time we educate her: hannah@based-politics.org. I will work on something over the next couple of days and suggest others do the same.

How many PFRs on Supervised Release get caught for a new SO? The Presumption of Frightening and High suggests it should be a constant of around 80%. Data suggests it is only a miniscule fraction of that number.

How is it possible that Parole/Probation/Supervised Release, “Treatment” Electric Quija Board Interrogations, Ankle Monitors, Public Registry, Police Compliance checks never reveal recidivism anywhere near the 80% the State insists is Universally and Eternally true, yet it remains the presumption? How is that rational?

There is no credible evidence to support this presumption, and an ever expanding volume of evidence that refutes, yet it is still presumed to be true for all people, in all circumstances, forever. How is that rational?

The completely rational answer to all if this is obvious…✨MAGIC✨!

As ive always said, the registry is a joke and it’s the poster child for unlawful the US government can be. 17 years post confinement now, have raised multiple children and currently on the last two, but I’m “dangerous…..” they noticed my tier stuff is wrong so took off the svp label (which I was told I should have never had) now I’ve been “waiting tier review” for nearly a year now and register once a year. A waste of time and resources indeed……

Last edited 4 months ago by The truth