probation and parole are better than being locked up but having 4 million people deprived of most of their rights, unable to get most jobs. and at the mercy of

probation and parole are better than being locked up but having 4 million people deprived of most of their rights, unable to get most jobs. and at the mercy of the benevolence of an overworked an under-trained PO is not exactly a good news for a country which thinks of itself as a beacon of freedom.