RY2020 Annual Probation Survey - Coronavirus Questions

RY2020
Annual Probation Survey:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Questions
1. What was your agency’s adult probation population on –
a. March 31, 2020?............

check if estimate

b. June 30, 2020?..............

check if estimate

c. September 30, 2020?....

check if estimate

2. Between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, how many adults entered probation?
entries
3. Between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, how many adult probationers were
discharged from supervision?
discharges
4. As you answer this question, please consider reporting requirements for ANY adult
probationer. For any period of time in 2020, was your agency’s reporting requirement for
any adult probationers suspended in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?
Yes
No  Go to #6
5. In total, for about how many weeks was your agency’s reporting requirement
suspended?
weeks

1

6. For any period of time in 2020, did your agency reduce business operations (e.g., less
reporting or testing) in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?
Yes
No  Go to #8
7. In total, for about how many weeks did your agency reduce business operations?
weeks
8. Overall, how did your agency’s use of the following techniques for probationer reporting
change in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic? Select one response per
item.

Decreased
Use
a. Office visits with clients
b. Home visits with clients
c. Field visits with clients (e.g., curbside,
workplace, community locations)
d. Video reporting (e.g., Zoom, FaceTime,
WebEx, etc.)
e. Mobile reporting (e.g., telephone, cell
phone, web-based platform, cell phone
application)
f.

Email reporting

g. Other reporting (please specify):

2

Increased
Use

No change
in use due to
coronavirus
(COVID-19)

Not Used /
NA

9. At any point during 2020, did your agency (or any agency under your jurisdiction) ever
make the following changes in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?
Yes

No

a. Arrests for technical violations of probation were suspended
b. Filing of technical violations of probation orders was suspended
c. Court hearings for technical violations of probation were suspended
d. Jail sentences for technical violations of probation were suspended
e. Supervision terms were decreased (e.g., release from supervision was expedited)
f.

Collection of fines, fees, or restitution was suspended

g. Presentence report practices were changed (e.g., stopped conducting interviews)
h. Work or community service requirements were reduced
i.

Telehealth for treatment services was instituted or used more frequently

j.

Curfews were suspended

k. Other (please specify):

0
10. At any point during 2020, were your agency’s drug testing procedures for adult
probationers affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?
Yes
No  Skip #11 (end survey)
11. In which of the following ways were your agency’s drug testing procedures affected
by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?
Yes
a. Agency stopped drug testing of any adult probationers
b. Agency reduced number of individuals receiving drug testing
c. Agency reduced frequency each individual received drug testing
d. Agency switched to a random drug-testing approach
e. Agency switched method of drug testing (e.g., switched to mouth swab)
f.

Other (please describe):

3

No