With the Mayor's support, we are working to ensure that crime rates continue to decline. P robation provides an important safety valve for a society whose jails and prisons are filled to capacity. Our goal is to give each probationer the tools he or she will need to lead a law-abiding life. T o accomplish this, the Department provides counseling and helps connect offenders to a broad array of community-based services, including job training and drug treatment. C utting-edge electronic systems are used to enforce curfews and, in some cases to confine probationers to their homes.
Specialized programming is in place to protect the victims of domestic violence.
N ot everyone appreciates the second chance offered by a probation sentence. It is our responsibility to inform judges when an offender fails to abide by the conditions of probation and to identify those probationers who are unable or unwilling to make the transition to a law-abiding life.