What Happens If You Violate Your Probation or Parole?
When you violate parole, you're breaking the agreement that got you released from prison. Whether you served five years or fifty, the courts are not going to let you have your freedom if you can't abide by the conditions of your release. This is considered a larger infringement than violating your probation, but both are punishable by a wide variety of consequences.
Return to Prison
If you violate your parole, the courts can send you back to prison to serve the remainder of your sentence. For example, if you were sentenced to 5-7 years in a minimum security prison, and you were released after five, a violation could send you back for the remaining two years.
Prison Sentence
When you violate probation, you are risking being sent to prison rather than serving out your probation and just paying your fines. Probation means that the courts found you capable of maintaining your freedom and abstaining from whatever activities were prohibited as a condition. When you violate those conditions, the courts may find you unfit to remain in society and send you to jail.
Closer Supervision
Another possibility when you violate parole or probation is for the courts to order closer supervision of your activities. This might mean that the officer assigned to you will show up for random checks more frequently, or you could be required to wear an electronic monitoring device. Either way, this is not something you want to have happen.
Day Programs
You can also be sentenced to a day program if you violate parole or probation, which means that you have to check in at a specified location every twenty-four hours, and you might be required to take courses, such as a substance abuse class. This means that you might lose your job because you're unable to show up on time, and if you fail to appear, you'll most likely be sent to jail.
Home Confinement
It is possible for the courts to sentence you to home confinement as an alternative to prison if you violate probation or parole. This means that you are not allowed to leave your house during certain times of the day or night, or you may not be able to leave it at all. Again, this can interfere with employment and other obligations, but it's certainly better than going to prison either again or for the first time.
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My husband has been back and forth for drugs but now he has done something else and now he's back in jail for grand larceny. what do u think his probation officer will do to him. do u think he will sreve time of they would put him on house arrest
ok my dad was on probaton back in 1985-1987. he had a warrent out for his arrest in 2000 for violation of probation. mass extradited him from maine the other day for that warrent. what will happen to him? any help would be great thanks.
What can happen to a parolee that tested positive for drugs? Since he got out about 1 year and 7 months he had been doing good and had good reports with his P.O. but he got back with his ex 3 months ago and started doing drugs as she sells and consumes drugs too. His P.O. is now aware of what his ex does, what will happen to the parolee?
My boyfriend recently was picked up for parole hold, how do i find out where he was sent
i am 19 and on probation for burglary for18 months, i have completed 6 months. today i was sitting in a parking lot waiting for my food to be made at a Chinese Rest.a cop was checking parking lot and pulled up behind me. he checked my id and saw that i was 19. he also noticed that i had a 24pack of beer.he asked me where i got it from and i told him i had someone buy it for me.he took the beer away and gave me a ticket for "consumption purchase" :violation6-5.3" and told me that i must goto court and pay a fine. and that i will have to face the judge for my sentence.can anyone PLEASE HELP ME and tell me what i might be sentenced with? what will happen to my probation? will i go to jail? THANKS IN ADVANCE
iam19andonprobationforburglaryfor18months.todayiwassittinginaparkinglotwaitingformyfoodtobemadeataChineseRest.acopwascheckingaparkinglotandpulledupbehindme.hecheckedmyidandsawthatiwas19.healsonoticedthatihada24packofbeer.heaskedmewhereigotitfromanditoldhimihassomeonebuyitforme.hetookthebeerawayandgavemeaticketforconsumptionpurchase.violation6-5.3andtoldmethatimustgotocourtandpayafine.andthatiwillhavetofacethejudgeformysentence.cananyonePLEASEHELPMEandtellmewhatimightbesentencedwith?whatwillhappentomyprobation?willigotojail?THANKSINADVANCE
@tina sorry to hear about your situation but i believe your doomed.not to scare you..i would say pray about it, when you violate probabtion or parole its like your seen worse then just going to jail the first time..
My fiance was at wk release and was at minimum-out and was caught with a cell phone, ran from from the DOC and got charged with dissobeying a direct order and immediately sent directly back to prison. What is going to happen now?
my fiancee was in jail almost 2yrs for a violent felony.he's been on parole for a year, never violated,did all the counseling and programs,and was doin awesome until he lost his job.he got a speeding ticket and then got caught stealin $20 of food bcuz we were broke n have a son to feed. his parole officer violated him and now hes in the holdin center 4a mnth til he sees a judge. Are we screwed? should i prepare for the worst we cant afford a lawyer i dont know how any of this stuff works