At most hearings in federal court, in addition to the judge, court reporter, courtroom deputy, court security officer and the attorneys, also in attendance is an officer from the U.S. office of ...

According to the United States Courts website, parole in the Federal Bureau of Prisons was abolished for federal offenses committed after Nov. 1, 1987, by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. Although ...

Dallas County's probation services director is working with state and federal agencies to apprehend probationers at their ...

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court made sentencing guidelines advisory rather than mandatory, the usefulness of pre-sentencing reports has slid, some attorneys say. Nothing gets the blood flowing for ...

A former Philadelphia probation officer and a former city police officer have been charged with illegally connecting bettors to an overseas sports gambling website that allowed them to place hundreds ...