A probation officer supervises them. People who break a rule of probation or commit another crime may be sent back to prison.
Some probation officers have a saying about their work. They say their job is to “trail ‘em, nail ‘em and jail ‘em.”
The probation offices in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York City are trying to improve their system. The South Bronx is one of the country’s highest crime areas.
The South Bronx probation offices organize activities meant to be fun or helpful. Former prisoners take part in poetry slams, health examinations and information sharing with others seeking work.
The group that operates these probation centers is called the Neighborhood Opportunity Network or NeON. The goal is to create new methods to turn convicts away from crime.
Lonni Tanner is in charge of improving city service centers. She works with the New York City Department of Design and Construction.
She changed the old office space into someplace more inspiring.
"I saw a lot of people waiting, nothing going on. I thought, what if, in fact, this could be a place of doing rather than waiting?"
New York City Probation Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi is responsible for putting the NeON program into several high-crime neighborhoods.
"What it’s really though about is improving public safety by engaging our clients productively, right, so they are part of their own rehabilitative process. It’s not just something being done to them.”
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