| 词条 | Sentinel Offender Services |
| 释义 |
| name = Sentinel Offender Services | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_name = | type = | industry = Criminal Justice | founded = 1993 | founder = | hq_location = Anaheim, California | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = | services = | owner = | ratio = | rating = | website = {{URL|https://www.sentineladvantage.com/}} }}Sentinel Offender Services is a criminal justice services and original equipment manufacturing company based in Anaheim, California. The company was founded by Robert Contestabile, who is [https://www.sentineladvantage.com/leadership-team/ currently the CEO,] in 1993.[1] HistorySentinel provides courts, probation and parole departments, law enforcement agencies, and corrections agencies across the country with comprehensive case management and offender-management products, programs and services. The company has served customers in all 50 states and throughout North America. More than 1,000,000 participants have been through one or more of the company's programs. Sentinel pioneered the community-based offender-funded program model. This allows an offender to pay for services, on a sliding scale based on their income, rather than making tax payers pay for these services. Products and ServicesSentinel offers several products and services, including:
All Sentinel programs are backed by a 24/7/365 call center. The company operates field offices. In each location it delivers programs and services that support local agencies with comprehensive offender management. Sentinel is not a private probation company. The company does not have the power, authority or responsibility to enforce laws and execute warrants. The government agencies with which they contract have this power, authority, and responsibility. Sentinel contracts with court systems and other agencies to collect fees, fines or restitution amounts on their behalf. Any fees collected are passed directly to the contracted party following agreed upon protocol. As a private services provider to courts, community corrections agencies and law enforcement. Sentinel can only carry out agreed upon contractual obligations on behalf of their customers. Sentinel does not:
Day Reporting CentersSentinel has had [https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/155060NCJRS.pdf Day Reporting Centers] (DRC) in place in several states for many years. These DRCs provide a central location for offenders to check in with agencies, attend programs, receive services and meet certain court ordered obligations. The Nevada Division of Parole and Probation opened a DRC in partnership with Sentinel on [https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/through-new-day-reporting-center-parolees-with-less-serious-slip-ups-can-avoid-heading-straight-to-jail October 31, 2017]. Subsequently, a second DRC was opened in Reno. These DRCs offer classes on anger management, family values, employment preparation, GED preparation, substance abuse and other related topics. The [https://www.unlv.edu/ccjp Center for Crime and Justice Policy] at the [https://www.unlv.edu/ University of Nevada, Las Vegas] published a [https://www.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/page_files/27/CCJP-RIB_DRC.pdf research brief][2] about the DRC in February, 2019. This study was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted among approximately 400 program participants. According to the research brief, primary objectives of a DRC are to:
According to the research brief, the results of this RCT after 12 months suggest that DRCs can achieve these objectives. The study is ongoing. [https://www.nij.gov/about/director/Pages/muhlhausen-research-on-returning-offender-programs-and-promising-practices.aspx Previous studies] have produced inconclusive results. ControversiesLaw suitsIn 2012, James Hucks filed suit against Sentinel Offender Services after an arrest warrant was issued for his wife because she did not pay all the fees she owed to the company during her probation.[3] In 2013, Georgia judge Daniel J. Craig ruled that Sentinel had to refund hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people who had paid them, and that private probation companies cannot collect fees from probationers after their probation has expired.[4] Later that year, Craig granted Sentinel a stay on this ruling, but, despite their attempts to persuade him to back down on it, refused to undo his restrictions.[5] In 2012, Georgia man Tom Barrett stole a can of beer and was later put on probation with Sentinel after being unable to pay a US$200 fine. He was later put in jail for two months after being unable to pay Sentinel's startup fee. As of May 2015, Barrett was suing Sentinel, and was being represented by Augusta attorney Jack Long.[6] On February 17, 2016, the Southern Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit against Sentinel on behalf of two women from Cleveland, Georgia who were sentenced to 12 months probation each for not paying fines; the lawsuit also claims both women were told they had to undergo drug tests by a probation officer.[7] Monitoring technology controversiesIn June 2013, Orange County, California discovered that Sentinel's GPS and home detention systems had multiple technical problems, which led the county to cancel their contract with Sentinel.[8] That September, an internal audit by Los Angeles County found that one in four of the Sentinel-made ankle monitors used to monitor serious criminals were faulty. Sentinel attributed many of these problems to errors by county deputies.[9] Epps bribery caseIn February 2017, Sentinel Offender Services was included in a law suit brought by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood along with Global Tel Link, Wexford Health Sources, GEO Group and many others for their roles in alleged violations of Mississippi’s public ethics, racketeering and antitrust laws.[10][11] References1. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.sentineladvantage.com/about-sentinel-offender-services/ | title=About Sentinel Offender Services | work=Sentinel Offender Services website | accessdate=22 February 2016}} 2. ^{{Cite journal|last=Sousa|first=William|date=February 2019|title="Nevada’s Day Reporting Center: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial "|url=https://www.unlv.edu/sites/default/files/page_files/27/CCJP-RIB_DRC.pdf|journal=https://www.unlv.edu/ccjp|volume=Research Brief, February 2019, CCJP 2019-1|pages=6|via=website|accessdate=2 April 2019}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/24/14653300-cash-register-justice-private-probation-services-face-legal-counterattack | title='Cash register justice': Private probation services face legal counterattack | work=NBC News | date=24 October 2012 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=Rappleye, Hannah}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-09-16/private-probation-company-dealt-costly-blows-judges-ruling | title=Sentinel Offender Services must repay people held on probation illegally | work=Augusta Chronicle | date=16 September 2013 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=Hodson, Sandy}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-09-26/sentinel-offender-services-company-can-appeal-judges-earlier-rulings | title=Sentinel Offender Services company can appeal but judge's earlier rulings remain intact | work=Augusta Chronicle | date=26 September 2013 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=Hodson, Sandy}} 6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/2-investigates-georgians-thrown-jail-owing-money/nmFBT/ | title=2 Investigates: Georgians thrown in jail for owing money | work=WSB-TV | date=12 May 2015 | accessdate=22 February 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web | url=http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2016-02-18/story/sentinel-offender-services-faces-another-federal-suit-over-charges | title=Sentinel Offender Services faces another federal suit over charges to private probationers | work=Jacksonville.com | date=18 February 2016 | accessdate=27 April 2016 | author=Hodson, Sandy}} 8. ^{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/27/local/la-me-ff-gps-audit-20131228 | title=One in four GPS devices on criminals in L.A. County were faulty | work=Los Angeles Times | date=27 December 2013 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=St. John, Paige}} 9. ^{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/25/local/la-me-electronic-monitors-20140226 | title=Probation officials concede failures in GPS tracking of felons | work=Los Angeles Times | date=25 February 2014 | accessdate=22 February 2016 | author=St. John, Paige}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/08/epps-bribery-civil-lawsuit/97645586/|title=Mississippi AG Files Lawsuits in Epps Bribery Case|publisher=The Clarion Ledger|first=Jimmie E. |last=Gates|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ago.state.ms.us/releases/ag-jim-hood-files-civil-rico-action-to-recoup-state-funds-and-penalties-against-all-conspirators-in-mdoc-prison-bribery-scandal/|title=AG Jim Hood Files Civil Rico Action to Recoup State Funds and Penalties Against All Conspirators in Mdoc Prison Bribery Scandal|publisher=Office of the Attorney General State of Mississippi|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017}} External links
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