MPS's main goal is to keep communities safe and to provide people on probation with the rehabilitative tools they need to live a productive and law-abiding life.
The Commissioner of Probation, Edward J. Dolan, and his office oversee the Massachusetts Probation Service and the Office of the Community Corrections, which includes 105 probation departments and 18 community corrections centers, the Electronic Monitoring Center, and the Trial Court Community Service Program. Probation officers working in adult criminal courts (Superior Court, Boston Municipal Court, and District Court) supervise pre-trial and post-disposition cases.
Massachusetts is now one of only three states across the country that have eliminated probation fees which criminal justice experts say will help reduce recidivism while also lessening the burden on individuals struggling with financial insecurity.
The grand re-opening of the Bristol Community Justice Support Center in Taunton will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 11 am, at the center, located at 5 Cohannet Street, the former site of the Taunton Daily Gazette Newspaper.
Massachusetts is one of the first states in the country to eliminate probation fees, according to EXiT (Executives Transforming Probation and Parole) of which Massachusetts Probation Commissioner Edward Dolan is a member.
