Restitution And Unemployed Offenders
Most sentences in cases in which people have lost property or suffered injury requiring medical treatment include restitution. However, since majorities of the offenders are unemployed or underemployed — meaning they work a low-end job and barely make ends meet getting the extra money from them to pass along to their victims can be almost impossible.
That doesn’t mean state Probation and Parole agents aren’t committed to getting victims all of the money they have coming to them. “I do hate it when they don’t get back 100 percent. But the main problem is a lot of (the offenders) don’t have jobs or don’t have good jobs,” said Pam Morgan, Shreveport Probation and Parole office district administrator.
Restitution typically is spelled out in the
That doesn’t mean state Probation and Parole agents aren’t committed to getting victims all of the money they have coming to them. “I do hate it when they don’t get back 100 percent. But the main problem is a lot of (the offenders) don’t have jobs or don’t have good jobs,” said Pam Morgan, Shreveport Probation and Parole office district administrator.
Restitution typically is spelled out in the