Tom Stotts, chief probation officer of Marion Municipal Court, is the 2023 recipient of the Vince Polito Executive Leadership Award presented by the Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association. “Tom has ...

Traditional forms of community supervision that focus on control and punishment have failed to improve client outcomes. In response, training programs for probation officers have been developed to ...

Within the criminal justice community, an approach to community supervision known as Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) has generated widespread enthusiasm and praise as a way to ...

An alternative approach to probation is bringing some hope to drug addicts and their families.Click to watch News 9's coverage.The program, called New Hope, is aimed at high-risk offenders who can ...