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Recent Examples of paroleeRodriguez and Oropeza both worked at Homeboy Industries, a program that helps gang members and parolees find work, go to school and remove tattoos, among other services.—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 He is helped on the road to recovery by his unlikely friendship with a recent parolee and Vietnam veteran (Vondie Curtis-Hall) and Dr. Elecia Knox (Madsen), a VA trauma therapist-in-training.—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026 The parolee and the young woman reunited (with a few others) and started a two-year string of crimes.—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025 That has been a central issue in the OTR crime that took the life of gym owner Patrick Heringer, with a parolee who cut off his ankle monitor charged in the crime.—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parolee
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.
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Jason Henry,
Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
Similar protections would extend to students, probationers, and recipients of public assistance.
Over a 10-year period, eight of those prisoners, or 5%, were disciplined for severe acts of violence, which the prison system defined as causing injuries that required treatment beyond first aid.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
Francis’ aim was to give prisoners hope and to remind them the church was with them, while also shining a spotlight on judicial abuses, overcrowding and other injustices.