As a Correctional Parole Officer, You Are Responsible for Making

Essay

As a correctional parole officer, you are responsible for making recommendations tothe parole board regarding those you believe have made significant strides tonot only better themselves through prison programming, but more importantly, have expressed sincere remorse for their crimes. For your particular caseload, you are assigned violent offenders whohave served at least three-fourths of their actual sentence. At present, you are reviewing the file of an 81 year-old man whois serving a life-sentence with the possibility of parole. The offender in question killed a man during a botched armed robbery of a bank. At the time of the offense, the offender was 18 years of age; thus he has spent most of his entire adult life in prison. During the decades of his incarceration, he became a model inmate by engaging in educational and vocational training. In addition, he has written thirteen letters tothe family over the last few decades toexpress his sorrow for his actions. The bank teller he killed was a married woman with three children. Although the parole board has refused his first three requests for parole prior toyou being assigned the case, you must now decide as his officer whether or not toadvocate for this offender. Although the woman's husband has since passed, her children are still alive, and twoof the three children have indicated that they have forgiven the man for his crime, while the oldest child has not. As the assigned parole officer, what will your recommendation be tothe parole board? Please explain.