7) WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITES WHILE UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION?

Your specific responsibilities are included in the conditions of parole. In a more general sense, you are responsible for obeying the law, remaining sober, and for working with your Parole Officer in a cooperative and open manner. This will enable you to resolve problems you may be having in adjusting to the community. Above all, these difficulties must be handled with your Parole Officer to help you remain a law-abiding citizen.

8) WHAT IS “REPORTING?”

Reporting is when you meet with your Parole Officer. You may have to report to your Parole Officer at the parole office as often as every week or as infrequently as once every three months. Your reporting schedule depends on your level of supervision and how well you are adjusting to parole supervision.

Office reports are required for individuals under parole supervision, and failure to make them is considered a violation of parole. If and when unexpected circumstances do not permit actual visiting, you should contact your Parole Officer by telephone to ask to be excused. If your Parole Officer is not in the office when you make your report or call to be excused, you should be sure to speak to his or her partner or supervisor, or another Parole Officer who can talk to you and leave a message for your assigned Parole Officer.

9) WHAT ARE HOME VISITS?

Your Parole Officer will visit and speak with you at your home. Home visits add to his or her understanding of how you are adjusting to the community and allow your Parole Officer to speak with you and members of your family in a comfortable atmosphere to learn more about your adjustment.

10) WILL MY PAROLE OFFICER VISIT ME ON MY JOB?

Your Parole Officer must make sure that you are working and will generally visit your place of employment. If you feel that this might present a problem, you should advise your Parole Officer, and he or she will consider alternatives.

11) WHAT HAPPENS IF I CANNOT FIND A JOB OR NEED JOB TRAINING?

DOCCS works with several employment programs in the New York City area. These programs provide vocational training and testing, employment counseling, and job placement services to teach parolees the necessary skills to obtain permanent employment. Parolees in Manhattan can work with one of the programs to gain skills in interviewing, resume writing, vocational skills and employment.

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