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Prison Policy Initiative’s new report, One Size Fits None, studies the standard conditions of probation across all 50 states. Topics of the study include:

• Financial burdens • Movement and travel restrictions • Relationship or “association” restrictions • Searches • Other unnecessary and discriminatory rules around conduct

From Prison Policy Initiative: One Size Fits None: How ‘standard conditions’ of probation set people up to fail Courts and probation agencies impose a standard set of rules on everyone under their supervision, before tacking on any extra restrictions. Our national review finds these mandatory rules are often unnecessarily burdensome and incredibly vague, making it all too easy to “fail” at probation and land behind bars. Read the full study here: One Size Fits None The Prison Policy Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization. Visit them at www.prisonpolicy.org.

Do Sex Offenders Have to Take Polygraphs? Yes. Polygraphs exams, or lie detector tests, are used by most federal districts to ensure that sex offenders are in compliance with the requirements of their supervision or treatment program. They are administered periodically, usually every six months, and generally last between 1.5-2 hours. The examination technique will be explained to your satisfaction prior to the onset of the examination and a detailed interview will be conducted by the polygraph examiner. Based on that interview, the examiner will develop the questions for the actual test. All the questions that will be asked during the polygraph examination will be read and reviewed with you, and you will be given an opportunity to ask for clarification of these questions before the examination is administered. Complete honesty during this phase is recommended since the exam will likely expose any dishonesty. While an admission of guilt may still result in consequence…