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parolee

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as in probationer

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Recent Examples of parolee Arriving at Brown’s residence, the parole officer found that his parolee wasn’t home. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 12 May 2026 Brown, a parolee with numerous run-ins with the law, reportedly has a history of mental illness, according to family members. — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026 The granting of humanitarian parole is discretionary and receiving it does not give the parolee any legal immigration status. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026 Unlike typical parolees, who are required to check in regularly with their parole officers and prohibited from unauthorized travel, those paroled to be deported are not placed under any supervision. — ProPublica, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parolee

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Probation is relying on officers redeployed from the field to maintain those numbers, however, and Viera Rosa warned that oversight over adult and juvenile probationers is suffering due to the depleted manpower.

— Jason Henry, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
Similar protections would extend to students, probationers, and recipients of public assistance.

— Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026

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Smith was a redhead, short and slightly built, with a pleasant nature, at least according to the Courant, which had regular access to the prisoner, including occasions when reprieves were delivered.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Miguel Banuelos, a prisoner who walked away from Washington Ridge Conservation Camp in California and was captured in Tijuana, Mexico, was reported at large again after a Mexican magistrate released him, officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

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The Jewish community had supported the creation of a synagogue in part because of fears that Jewish inmates, who had previously prayed in the prison’s hospital, would be converted while inside.

— Stephen Silver, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Both men were held in the Pulaski County jail on Monday afternoon, an online inmate roster states.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2026

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