Adult Directory 2013

VII. SENTENCED: What to Expect after the Judge
Imposes the Sentence
A. Community Supervision: Supervised, Unsupervised Probation Parole,
Supervised Release
• Individuals sentenced to a period of probation (supervised or unsupervised) are
instructed to report “immediately” from the courtroom to CSOSA’s Offender
Processing Unit (OPU), 300 Indiana Avenue, NW, Room 2027 (202) 585-7314,
Edmond Pears, Branch Chief
• A Community Supervision Officer (CSO)/Probation/Parole Officer) in the Offender
Processing Unit will: interview probationer, take probationer’s picture (for internal
CSOSA use), collect urine sample, arrange DNA test (all felonies and certain
misdemeanors), direct probationer to report to a specific (CSO) within 48 hours. This
processing time takes approximately 30 to 60 minutes.
• Parolees and Supervised Releasees are instructed to report to OPU within 48 hours
after their release from prison.
Courthouse Release:
Individuals sentenced to serve misdemeanor time who have been cleared for release by
DC DOC are eligible for courthouse release. DOC legal instrument examiners are
stationed in the main cellblock to approve courthouse release.
o Individuals sentenced to “time served” or probation and cleared for release are
also eligible for courthouse release.
o All applicable paperwork must be delivered to the main cellblock on the C
Level no later than 3:30 pm Monday through Friday to be eligible for
courthouse release
o At release, the DOC provides a photo ID, a change of clothes, medical followup
and a Metro fare card.
Release from the Courthouse: (Administrative Order 11-09)
ORDERED, that effective immediately, in addition to defendants already eligible
for the program, defendants who are sentenced during court proceedings to serve
misdemeanor sentences and who have been cleared for release by the District of
Columbia Department of Corrections are eligible for courthouse release; it is
further ORDERED, that defendants who are sentenced during misdemeanor or
felony court proceedings to “time served” or probation who the Department of
Corrections authorizes cleared for release are eligible for courthouse release; it is
further ORDERED, that defendants and all applicable paperwork must be
delivered to the main cellblock on the C level no later than 3:30pm Monday
through Friday to be eligible for courthouse release.
Those in halfway house placements must return to the halfway house after Court to be
cleared by DOC Records Office, failing to do so may be charged with an
escape/abscondance violation of program.
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