an alternative to incarceration. At the time of a trial, a judge has the sole
authority to recommend probation for a defendant. Once someone is granted
probation, then he/she is considered an MDOC offender.
offender is granted probation, the correctional field officer immediately
conducts an initial supervision interview with the probationer. At this time,
the offender is provided with the conditions of his/her probation. Depending on
the terms of the offender’s probation, a correctional field officer checks on
the offender throughout he probation sentence.
Crimes such as
murder, capital murder, manslaughter, habitual offenders, and previous offense
convictions automatically disqualify someone from receiving probation.
In addition, crimes can be
classified as adjudicated or non-adjudicated.
For probation statistics,
review page 3 of Monthly Fact Sheet