Supervision Fees: Burdens, Alternatives and Solutions

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Barbara Broderick is the current chair of EXiT (Executives Transforming Probation and Parole) and the former chief probation officer for Maricopa County, Arizona. Broderick has devoted more than 30 years to the criminal justice system. She became chief probation officer for Maricopa County in December 2000 and from June 2005 to August 2006 also served as Interim Chief Juvenile probation Officer. Prior to that, she was state director of the Adult Probation Office for the Arizona Supreme Court for five years, assisting local jurisdictions and treatment providers. She is well versed in the theory and practice of community justice, risk assessment, probation performance measures and substance abuse treatment. She has been named as the nation’s top probation executive by the National Association of Probation Executives for her sustained and distinguished service to the probation profession. Prior to coming to Arizona, Broderick was New York State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. She earned her B.A. from Niagara University and her masters at the School of Criminal Justice at State University of New York at Albany.

Akosua Serwaa Frimpong is the Manager of the Parole and Probation Reform Project at the Justice Lab. In this role, she coordinates the activities for the Executives Transforming Probation and Parole (EXit) network, a membership group of current and former chiefs of supervision agencies, as well as other signatories. Prior to joining the Justice Lab, Akosua was a Procedural Justice Coordinator at the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) where she played a pivotal role in the program planning and implementation of New York City’s Criminal Justice Reform Act (CJRA). In 2018, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University with concentrations in Politics, Rights and Development and a minor in Africana Studies. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Administration (MPA) at the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service with specializations in Political Action, Advocacy and International Development.

Andy Peck is the Undersecretary of Criminal Justice-Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. Since January 2019, Peck has served as the Undersecretary of Public Safety for Criminal Justice for the Executive Office of Public Safety in Massachusetts and is responsible for policy, budgetary and the operational oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts Parole Board and the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. He currently chairs the Committee on Restrictive Housing as well as the Restorative Justice Committee.

Dr. Ebony Ruhland is a professor of criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on how criminal justice policies and practices impact individuals, families, and communities. Dr. Ruhland is currently working on research projects in four areas: 1) examining factors that lead to probation revocations, including the use probation conditions, specifically supervision fees; 2) exploring factors parole members consider determining readiness for release; 3) identifying ways to bridge police and community relationships; and 4) examining the impacts of parental incarceration on children.

Wendy Still has worked in State Government for over 37 years and specialized for 29 years in Adult and Community Corrections in the State of California. Wendy’s experiences include developing gender responsive; trauma informed prison and community rehabilitation programs and strategic master plans designed to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for California’s offenders and parolees. Wendy has served as Director, Activation Management and Rehabilitation Programs with the California Federal Prison Health Care Services, and Governor appointed Associate Director Female Offender Programs & Services, and Southern Regional Prison Administrator for 10 prisons.