Duties and Functions

Parole officers supervise offenders who are released on parole. To perform the complex duties of the position, Parole officers must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. They also must attain computer proficiency to work effectively in the Georgia Parole Board’s computerized parolee case-management system.

Parole officers' duties include:

Interviewing prison inmates, their family members, former employers, and other 
community references to prepare background investigations which will be used by the Board when making release decisions;

Synthesizing current and past criminal information on inmates from police and 
judicial sources into comprehensive legal reports which assist Board Members with parole decisions;

Guiding the parolee's adherence to parole conditions;

Working effectively with other state agencies and community resources to build intervention programs which facilitate the parolee's success in society;

Arresting parole violators and transporting them to and from parole hearings.