Private Probation Firm Illegally Extended Sentences, Judge Finds

“Last week, a Georgia county judge ruled that Sentinel Offender Service had illegally extended the sentence of Mantooth and potentially thousands of others who were required to pay the firm monthly probation fees, and was illegally ordering electronic monitoring for misdemeanor offenders — prohibited by state law — while charging probationers for their own monitoring.  Other named plaintiffs in the pair of cases were hauled off to jail and/or subjected to electronic monitoring for alleged probation violations six years after their probation had ended for minor offenses like possession of marijuana and no proof of insurance.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/09/24/2666401/private-proba/tion-firm-illegally-extended-sentences-judge-finds/

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