Virginia on track to reform probation following bipartisan bills

By: Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: February 4, 2026

Words: 569

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Unlikely allies worked to pass probation reform bills last year that created a workgroup to refine the proposal this year.

The group, as well as a coalition of criminal justice reform organizations, probation officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and victims’ advocates, helped develop the new proposal, which would allow formerly incarcerated people to be released from probation after a year if they demonstrate their rehabilitation by meeting certain benchmarks laid out by their probation …

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