Fortificational punishment focuses on rehabilitating convicted individuals not by approaching them as helpless, but by offering accountability for moral and lawful behavior. SCF supervision is noted as one method of providing supportive accountability.
Chester County’s SAVE (Swift Alternative Violation Enforcement) initiative is credited with helping the county bring its prison population to a 15-year low.
South Dakota’s attorney general promotes SCF consequences for probation violations.
It takes CSOSA, Washington D.C.’s community-supervision agency, up to 51 days to obtain a warrant for a probation violation—not swift, says the former director.
Guam is implementing HOPE to reduce probation officers’ caseload numbers, which exceed the national standard by 400%. This approach will screen out low-risk clients who need only minimal supervision and will dedicate more resources to high-risk felony cases.