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Problems with the Idaho Commission on Pardons & Parole

By Michael Blankenship

For 25 years, Olivia Craven has overseen how felons are paroled in Idaho, leaving prison to complete sentences under community supervision. A former parole officer herself, Craven has survived while correction directors flip through a revolving door. Now 61, the executive director of the Commission on Pardons and Parole could have retired in 2001. "I have to keep busy," she says. Though she lacks a college degree, Craven is admired for her experience, credited for her 16-hour days and liked for her boisterous loyalty to Boise State football. But suddenly she's come under fire. A legislative audit says Idaho's parole process is plagued by inefficiency and personnel woes, costing the state millions. Read more...  What can we learn from this story? Several people were embarrassed by the contents of the audit conducted by the Office of Performance Evaluation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).