The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole is responsible for utilizing effective methods to aid offenders in reentering society and to reduce recidivism by addressing the needs of crime victims and improving probation and parole services for these adults. The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole is responsible to parole, recommit for parole violations, and to discharge from parole. Parole and Probation are two different items, Parole is conditional release of an inmate from incarceration and probation being supervised in the community instead of a sentence to prison or jail.

Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Online Resources:

• Address Confidentiality Program
• Office of the Victim Advocate
• Sexual Offenders Assessment Board
• Firearm Education Training Commission
• County Adult Probation and Parole Directory
• PA Department of Corrections
• PAePay
• Pennwatch