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‘It threatens to make probation worse’: Activists ditch support of effort to fix
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HARRISBURG — For the third time in five years, a bill intended to rework
probation in Pennsylvania has passed the state Senate.

But like previous attempts, this latest effort to fix the state’s outdated
probation system has prompted local civil rights advocates to come out against
the bill. They argue it does not address pressing issues and could make things
worse.

Efforts to overhaul probation kicked off in earnest in 2018 after Philadelphia
rapper Meek Mill spent nearly 10 years under court supervision before facing a
new prison sentence for probation violations that otherwise would not have
resulted in prison time.



The case provided a high-profile example of the problems in Pennsylvania’s
probation system, which can trap people in yearslong cycles of monitoring and
incarceration for noncriminal violations like missing a call from a probation
officer, failing to take a drug test, or struggling to find court-ordered mental
health treatment in a timely manner.

Mill’s case led to the creation of the national advocacy group REFORM Alliance,
which has been the driving force behind the legislation in Pennsylvania.

Legislation introduced in 2019 initially had the support of the ACLU of
Pennsylvania. But subsequent negotiations and amendments caused the organization
to withdraw support and rally other groups against it. The same thing happened
in 2021.

This year, the pattern repeated.

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Introduced on June 21, the legislation would remove language that allows judges
to set terms of probation to “vindicate the authority of the court.” Instead, it
would mandate courts to tailor probation to an individual’s circumstances. It
also would set a “presumption against total confinement,” that supporters say
would direct judges to keep people out of jail for small infractions.

Under current law, judges can revoke someone’s probation and send them back to
jail for almost any reason, said Erin Haney, policy director at REFORM Alliance.
“And so what this does is it creates very specific instances when somebody can
be incarcerated on a technical violation.”

The proposed law also provides a timeline for review conferences, where people
on probation can petition for their supervision to end earlier. Haney said this
provision should provide a backstop in counties that don’t already have a formal
process for reviewing early termination requests.

But groups that defend and advocate for people in probation cases, such as the
Defender Association of Philadelphia and the Abolitionist Law Center in
Allegheny County, opposed the bill as it moved through committee and out of the
state Senate in a matter of days.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania published a seven-page memo that argues the bill “not
only fails to meaningfully reform our broken probation system, it threatens to
make probation worse,” and urged lawmakers to vote against it.



The exceptions allowing a judge to send someone back to jail are too broad, the
advocacy groups argue, and risk undermining the mandate against incarceration.

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The bill also would create a new category of “administrative probation” for
people who have met the terms of their probation, but still have to pay
outstanding restitution, which is an amount owed to a crime victim for damage
caused. The new category intends to lessen the burdensome check-ins with a
probation officer that might be attached to a typical sentence. But this change
raises constitutional concerns, said ACLU Legislative Director Liz Randol,
because the U.S. Constitution bars punishment solely on someone’s inability to
pay fines, costs or restitution.

“You can call probation anything you want,” Randol said. “If you are on
administrative probation, and you miss a payment, there’s nothing in the bill
that prevents a judge from revoking your probation and resentencing you to a new
term of non-adminstrative probation.”

The state House Judiciary Committee on June 29 approved the bill with amendments
intended to strike a compromise between the priorities of state Sen. Lisa Baker,
R-Luzerne, the bill’s lead sponsor, and the concerns of advocates, said state
Rep. Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, chair of the House committee.

“I think the committee sent a strong message — last session we didn’t consider
it,” Briggs said.

The bill is ready for a vote whenever the state House returns to session, but
it’s unclear when it will. Legislators are currently working to break a budget
impasse.

If the legislation does pass the lower chamber, it must return to the state
Senate for another vote before going to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro for final
approval.

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