Federal Probation Versus State Probation

Federal Probation:

Federal Probation works in the 94 District Courts and is not a union based organization. Federal probation officers deal with federal crimes usually crimes that are across state lines. Federal offenses pertain to murder, assault, child pornography, gang member violence, and rape ect...  Fedral probation is part of the pre-trial sentencing of a conviction and was established in 1987. Supervised release was a way to establish a decrease in mass incarceration, and use a restorative approach to the criminal justice system. Probation allow offenders to receive medical care, mental health treatment, and educational training as resources to be in society. The issue with probation is the costs and financial expenses paid through tax payer money in a billion dollor indusrty to fund, our Department of Justice system has become a complex bilateral process for offenders, State and federal probation use similar tactics and problem solutions to work with offenders but the only difference is the difficulty of maintain a vast area of federal offenders due to the small group of locations where federal courts are located. State probation is community based where federal probation is regionally based, and deters from the population of the area on the location of federal courts. US probation officers must have a greater knowledge, experience and education to work for the fedral government Most federal probation officers are former supervisors of state probation offices. Within probation offices there is a similar settup on who supervises offender based on the type of crime, and this is similar in state and federal probation offices. Some of the types of offenders would be sex offenders, mentally ill, and addicts. Each need specialized treatment and care on what type of probationary supervision they will need. 

Through an interview a Federal probation officer in Tukwilla and discussion with another in the Tacoma fedral courts, fedral probation deals with a complex infastructure of governement that invovles multiple agencies and external stakeholder to ensure public and community safety. The extensive experience required to be a fedreal probation officer mean that you have at least a masters degree and state probation experience. This is a job that expereince is not enough to get some one in the door, the education is a requirement even at the state level to work as a federal probation officer. Through some local research and interview discussion some US probation officer were former lawyers or obtained a law degree to become a US federal probation officer. All fedreal employees must be hiring by the age of 37 years old otherwise a person may not apply. 

Here is a link to the job description: Probation Job

(This is only an example of a US Probation Office, and this institution had no engagement or opinion on this discussion.)