How do they match: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

  • Prisoner Classification Interviewer

  • Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
  • Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
  • Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.

  • Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.