Open house offers look at probation, parole activities.Byline: RANDI RANDI Random Integer RANDI Recognition and Identification RANDI Research Ambient Noise Directionality Model BJORNSTAD The Register-Guard Lane County's newest community corrections office will hold an open house Friday to give the public a look at the job being done by local parole and probation officers probation officer n. 1. An official usually attached to a juvenile court and charged with the care of juvenile delinquents. 2. An official charged with supervising convicts at large on suspended sentence or probation. . The officers supervise thousands of convicted criminal offenders returning to the community after incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. . Grant Nelson, spokesman for the local parole and probation system, said more than 3,200 convicted offenders live in Lane County, including 300 convicted of sex offenses A class of sexual conduct prohibited by the law. Since the 1970s this area of the law has undergone significant changes and reforms. Although the commission of sex offenses is not new, public awareness and concern regarding sex offenses have grown, resulting in the and about the same number who have served time for domestic assault or abuse. Nearly three-quarters of those under supervision in the county have substance abuse problems, Nelson said. The Lane County Community Corrections program has a dozen offices throughout the county. The newest, in Sheldon Village at 2475 Willakenzie Road in Eugene, came about in recognition of the fact that many people returning from prison will be low-income and may find residences in publicly subsidized housing Subsidized housing (aka social housing) is government supported accommodation for people with low to moderate incomes. To meet these goals many governments promote the construction of affordable housing. projects such as Sheldon Village, Nelson said. Besides direct supervision of people on parole and probation, the officers also participate in particular crime-stopping activities important to the communities where they work, Nelson said. "For example, in the Sheldon community we noticed a lot higher level of theft than normal, maybe because of the large number of retail establishments there," he said. Officers at a downtown Springfield parole office focus on lowering drug activity near Meadow Park Meadow Park is the home of the English Southern Premier League football club Gloucester City. The club moved from their former Horton Road ground in 1986. The ground has a total capacity of 4500 with a 560-seat stand. Other than this the ground is terraced and 80% is under cover. , while those in Florence work at the annual Rhododendron rhododendron (rō'dədĕn`drən) [Gr.,=rose tree], any plant of the genus Rhododendron, shrubs of the family Ericaceae (heath family) found chiefly in mountainous areas of the arctic and north temperate regions and also of the Festival to help keep use of alcohol and illegal drugs under control. To draw attention to the work done in the community by parole and probation officers and their counterparts in the juvenile justice system, the Lane County Board of Commissioners has declared this week "Probation and Parole Officers and Juvenile Counselors Week." Friday's open house will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the public who have questions or wish to find out more about the parole and probation program are invited to attend. For more information, call Nelson at 682-3079. |
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