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Evansville Courier & Press
July 13, 2014
By Mark Wilson
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — As Indiana’s criminal justice system has evolved in its approach to rehabilitating offenders the role of probation officers has also evolved.
“It’s a lot different from it was 20 years ago. Trail ‘em, nail ‘em and jail ‘em. That’s how we used to describe the old way of doing things,” said Troy Hatfield, deputy chief probation officer in Monroe County.
Hatfield also chairs the Indiana Probation Advisory Board which spent the last two years revising the standards for probation in the state.