Parole Revocation Hearings: A Mockery of the Bill of Rights

Parole revocation hearings do not come close to the justice that is administered in a normal courtroom.  Even with the low bar of courtroom justice, parole revocation hearings are an existing mockery to justice, rehabilitation, and equality in the criminal justice system and core values in the United States of America.  Many of the state-run, and private-run, parole divisions are loosey goosey nonsense that returns people to a place that offers shitty treatment using half-ass policies and regulations.  Meaning that the participants in such processes are governed by preponderances of evidence and not burdens of proof.  The people who run these hearings are obviously neo-nutjobs who have no clue what democracy and due process is, as well as are mostly appointed by other people in the many divisions of parole (think about that for when it comes to being fair and impartial – probably not going to happen).  These hearings are usually run in some scummy correctional facility and has a person who is up for parole enter as an inmate and somehow is given the opportunity to present themselves so that other people can determine if the parolee should remain in custody.  This is difficult to do with the bullshit revocation process and shittiness of our correctional systems.

In addition to this, there is no one watching these processes.  No oversight whatsoever.  Appeals courts are timely and mostly sustain parole decisions.  Not many people know about these procedures, nor do many people ever see these shady determinations about liberty and rehabilitation.  Therefore, the parole people can do whatever they want and live out their dreams of being a real judge in a real courtroom.  Fucked up.  Even worse, the standards to work in a setting that deprives people of freedom are not as high as many ordinary people would think.  A parole revocation person, varying on the jurisdiction, does not need law degrees or specific certifications in particular fields of study/professions (again, depending on the jurisdictional standards).  Think about that.  People who make decisions about a person’s freedom, in some cases, need minimal qualifications about the procedures that they work in – crazy!  Parole revocation people hardly know the person that is before them.  I think that these processes are simply outrageous and a horrible corner of our society that is putrid because of the truth that occurs.  Really gross.  Seriously, we have makeshift quasi-judicial meetings with low qualified people who are given the power to decide if a person can leave a correctional facility.

              These processes should be moved into the real courtrooms and headed by elected judges with juries and all.  Each of these tiny piss-poor wannabe courtrooms (parole revocation hearings) are a wretched image of American justice; parole revocation hearings have nothing to do with justice, it’s now simply some routine that holds occupations.  Money.  All about the salaries.  Brief meetings with strangers are somehow sufficient for determining a person’s debt to society and if it has been paid in full.  Whoa!  Where do we find these people and what the hell are we doing?  American justice?  Parole revocation hearings are a mockery to our nation.  Due process, who needs it?  I do.  So do many of the millions of other people who are/were involved in the American correctional system.  Bullshit.