Porn Star Steven Miles sentenced to two years in Federal Prison for January 6th Insurrection activities....,

[BootmanLA]

Technically, I think the supervised period after you leave prison is called "parole" rather than "probation" - probation being time you serve in lieu of going to prison in the first place. But effectively, the restrictions on the two conditions are similar if not identical in some cases, and in many places the supervising officials are "Probation and Parole Officers" who may have both types of individuals under their supervision.

That said, state restrictions and federal restrictions (which Miles would be subject to in this case) can be very different. One parolee I know has told me that although he's required to seek permission from his PO to travel outside the state where he lives, the PO told him, after the first month, that he'd generally give permission whenever sought as long as he hadn't had any infractions. Some PO's are very understanding that way. Others are more hard-nosed. And although I can't point to any statistics to validate this, I would not be surprised in the least if there were racial disparities in parolee treatment, the way there are disparities in almost every aspect of our justice system. The guy I'm talking about was in for a very long sentence for a non-violent drug conviction (which is how he eventually got paroled after something like 17 years) but he's also white. 

[ejaculaTe]

On 2/18/2024 at 12:12 AM, BootmanLA said:

Technically, I think the supervised period after you leave prison is called "parole" rather than "probation"

You're entirely correct, but Congress in 1984 abolished parole for federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987. Parole was replaced by supervised release, and the conditions are pretty much the same under either regime. But parole operates in lieu of the remainder of an unexpired prison term, while supervised release begins only after a defendant has completed his full prison sentence. Where revocation of parole could result in a defendant’s return to prison to finish out his original sentence, revocation of supervised release can lead to a return to prison for a term in addition to the defendant’s original sentence. 

[ellentonboy]

11 hours ago, ejaculaTe said:

You're entirely correct, but Congress in 1984 abolished parole for federal crimes committed after November 1, 1987. Parole was replaced by supervised release, and the conditions are pretty much the same under either regime. But parole operates in lieu of the remainder of an unexpired prison term, while supervised release begins only after a defendant has completed his full prison sentence. Where revocation of parole could result in a defendant’s return to prison to finish out his original sentence, revocation of supervised release can lead to a return to prison for a term in addition to the defendant’s original sentence. 

Just to make the situation even more confusing. a defendant can be sentenced to several years of "supervised probation" after never having spent a day in prison. In the case of Miles, he was fined $2,000.  Now I am not privy to what was said to him during his first visit with the probation officer, but he's required to pay that fine within the timeframe of his probation.  If not, that  probation officer can and will bring this to the court's attention and if the  fine isn't paid they can send him to jail.  From what I am told this rarely happens but it is an option.  I am sure the first thing Miles will do is get that $2K paid! lol.