United States Probation and Pretrial Services System

Probation office of the U.S. federal judiciary The United States Probation and Pretrial Services System, part of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, is the probation office of the federal judiciary of the United States. It serves the United States district courts in all 94 federal judicial districts nationwide and constitutes the community corrections arm of the Federal Judiciary. It administers probation and supervised release under United States federal law enforced by probation officers. History The first legislation for Federal Probation Law was introduced in 1908, one of which was prepared by the New York State Probation Commission and the National Probation Association (later known as the National Council on Crime and Delinquency) and introduced before Congress by United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma. The bill provided for a suspension of a sentence, in U.S. District Court, and a sentence of probation. The bill also provided for compensation of $5 per diem for federal probation officers. This first attempt did not pass, and through 1909 to 1925 there were 34 bills introduced to establish federal probation law. In 1915, Attorney General T. W. Gre