“Since the late 1980s, nearly 1 million federal offenders have been sentenced to terms of supervised release. The U.S. Sentencing Commission recently published a lengthy report that addresses the legal framework of, and most common legal issues connected with, supervised release. The report explains that supervised release is not synonymous with probation. Like federal probationers, offenders on supervised release are subject to the jurisdiction of federal courts and are monitored by federal probation officers. But supervised release, unlike probation, is not a punishment in lieu of incarceration; it is primarily concerned with helping reintegrate a defendant into the community.”
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