Talk:History of parole in New York State

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Merge consideration

Rather than a separate article, would it make sense to tighten up the material to key points (i.e., "good time", "juvenille sentencing", "reformatories", etc.) and merge the information into:

New York State Division of Parole in the History section
Parole in the early history of the United States section

Both sections could use expansion and benefit from the great research and citations afforded from this article. How do you vote?--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Information may be better suited in another article

Since this article is about the Origin of Parole in New York State, the following paragraph may be better suited in the Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer) article or an article about Ireland's penal system:

In 1844, Maconochie returned to England to campaign for prison reform.<ref name=petersilia/> In 1854, upon becoming director of the Irish prison system, Sir Walter Crofton, who had closely followed Maconochie's reforms, instituted a parole system based on marks.<ref name=petersilia/> in which continued release was contingent upon adhering to explicit conditions whose violations could entail re-imprisonment.<ref name=hansner/>--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ticket of leave

The following information that was removed - and instead a link was inserted to the Ticket of leave article - but some if it might be useful to enhance the Ticket of leave article and/or improve its citations.

As early as 1770, under what became known as the “ticket of leave” system, the governor of New South Wales, then a penal colony, could grant conditional pardons to convicts; in 1811, the colonial government began requiring prisoners to serve specific periods of time before they could receive such pardons.<ref name=cavendar/><ref name=cromwell>Paul F. Cromwell and George G. Killinger, ''Community-Based Corrections: Probation, Parole, and Intermediate Sanctions''. Minneapolis: West Publishing Company, 1994.</ref> In 1837, a group disfavoring transportation approached British bureaucrat Alexander Maconochie, who had previously written about “penal science” in New South Wales, to evaluate the policy.<ref name=barry>John V. Barry, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/maconochie-alexander-2417/text3207 "Maconochie, Alexander (1787–1860)"], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 4 April 2013].</ref> While generally favoring transportation,<ref name=cavendar/> Maconochie proposed that the rarely used<ref>Neil P. Cohen and James J. Gobert, ''The Law of Probation and Parole''. Colorado Springs: Shepard’s McGraw Hill, 1983.</ref> ticket of leave system determine eligibility for release based on work ethic and good conduct, not by any particular time served.<ref name=cromwell/>--CaroleHenson (talk) 22:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]