§ 143B-1481 — Report on probation and parole caseloads

(a) The Department of Adult Correction shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on caseload averages for probation and parole officers. The report shall include:
(1) Data on current caseload averages and district averages for probation/parole officer positions.
(2) Data on current span of control for chief probation officers.
(3) An analysis of the optimal caseloads for these officer classifications.
(4) The number and role of paraprofessionals in supervising low-risk caseloads.
(5) The process of assigning offenders to an appropriate supervision level based on a risk/needs assessment.
(6) Data on cases supervised solely for the collection of court-ordered payments.
(b) The Department of Adult Correction shall report by March 1 of each year to the Chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Justice and Public Safety and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety on the following:
(1) The number of sex offenders enrolled on active and passive GPS monitoring.
(2) The caseloads of probation officers assigned to GPS-monitored sex offenders.
(3) The number of violations.
(4) The number of absconders.
(5) The projected number of offenders to be enrolled by the end of the fiscal year. (2013-360, s. 16C.10; recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-707.1 by 2021-180, s. 19C.9(j), (m).)