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1 Franklin County Adult Probation Intensive Supervision Program Tony A. Rose Student, Franklin University CJAD 495, Criminal Justice Administration Dr. Cindy Blankenship March 14, 2024

2 Franklin County Adult Probation Intensive Supervision Program To better understand certain facets of the criminal justice system, I began to focus on aspect of pre- and post-conviction alternatives that might be utilized to minimalize not only the number of incarcerated individuals within the state penal system, but also to curb those convicted of less serious offenses from re-committing similar offenses. My dive was not into the recidivism rates specifically. It was more focused on the overall program structure of probation. My goal was to find out how an individual program within a specific court system functioned and determine how useful that systems functionality played a role in the law enforcement realm. For my review I chose the Intensive Supervision Program (“ISP”) based within the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio. As part of my review, I set out to interview one of the courts own Intensive Probation Officers, Mrs. Haley Cardenez (“Haley”), to find out just what makes up the capital cities most intensive program division. However, before doing that I took a short look into the history of probation and how it began. I wanted to know for what purpose it began, and when. According to Reinemann, J. (1941) it all began back in the year 1841. A shoemaker named John Augustus found himself inside a courtroom in the city of Boston, watching a drunk man appear before the local judge. In a moment just before the man was to be sentenced, Augustus requested a never attempted opportunity of watching over the man until such a time as he could be brought back before the court a few weeks later. Upon being granted the opportunity by the Judge, Augustus took the man in, cleaned him up, prohibited him from drinking and took him back in front of the same Judge a few weeks later. Having cleaned himself up, the Judge was satisfied that the man had been rehabilitated, thus the birth of the term “probation” was coined, and the process has been used ever since.

3 Having found a better understanding of the history of probation, I then set out on my interview with Haley. The first thing I wanted to know was what role her agency played in the law enforcement community. Haley explained her role was to uphold the rules applied to an individual upon sentencing. Like other agencies, the ISP has always worked closely with law enforcement agencies in a collaborative effort to properly oversee and monitor probationers. Haley went on to explain the mission of the ISP was to reduce the risk of recidivism, while also making a change in individuals’ lives, giving a means in which to behave in a pro-social manner. More importantly, the goal of any law enforcement-based organization or program is centered around the community and the protection of its citizens. When asked how effective she believed the ISP was in meeting its mission, Haley reported feeling that her organization was very effective in its approach. Not only were there processes in place for effective monitoring of probationers, but the environment within the organization satisfied both “personal and professional development”, according to Haley. Like other programs across the country, ISPs are used in many different jurisdictions. The focus of the programs was like Franklin Counties in that they were formed for the purpose of “reducing prison crowding, cost savings, the provision of intermediate sanctions, and reducing recidivism”, according to Lowenkamp, et al (2010). An example of a program developed to meet its mission is what Haley described as an “evidence-based system”. Different methods of oversight are utilized for tracking probationers. Some of these methods included frequent check-in, drug testing, Homework (paperwork) to be completed by the probationer to show them pro-social choices that could be made. Haley

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