Kenai Probation Office

Kenai Probation Office basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 907-283-3125

KENAI PROBATION OFFICE

The Kenai office serves the Kenai Peninsula from Seldovia to Hope. The large towns serviced by this office are Homer, Kenai, Soldotna and Seward, Unalaska at Dutch Harbor, Cold Bay, and Sand Point in the Aleutian Islands chain. There are eleven staff assigned to the office; nine Probation/Parole Officers, a Criminal Justice Technician and one administrative staff.

Electronic Monitoring Minimum Requirements
Release date is less than three (3) years.
• No current or prior sex offense convictions
• No current domestic violence related convictions.
• Reside in and work in the Municipality of Anchorage, Mat-Su, Kenai, Ketchikan, or Fairbanks.
• Landline phone with basic service and long distance.
• Must be able to provide a "clean" urine sample.
• No firearms, alcohol, or controlled substances in the home. The Electronic Monitoring (EM) program allows inmates who meet certain requirements to serve time at home. Inmates can maintain employment, access community-based treatment, perform community work service, address medical issues, and attend religious functions. There is a cost associated with the program. A fee of either $12.00 or $14.00 a day will be assessed plus a $10.00 urinalysis test fee is required. DO NOT APPLY if the minimum requirements cannot be met. The current conviction, prior convictions, success on probation and parole, and involvement in treatment related programs will be considered. Telephone Requirements
• No calling features such as call waiting, caller ID, voice mail.
• Must have a long-distance carrier, no long distance charges will be incurred.
• Telephone must be corded.
• The telephone line must be clear of all electronic equipment -no fax machines, computers, answering machines, or dial-up internet connections.
• Cable modem and DSL Internet connections are acceptable. Payment and Remand Information
• All payments are made by cash, money order or cashier's check only. Checks, credit cards and debit cards are NOT accepted.
• All installations take place Monday -Friday at 7:45 a.m.
Be prepared to provide a UA and have $108 for the first week's payment.
• All fees are subject to change.

Kenai Electronic Monitoring Application

PROBATION AND PAROLE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• Develop and maintain public safety through supervision standards in conjunction with the Regional Chief Probation Officers. Provide for public safety through supervision of adult felons in Probation and Parole jurisdiction.
• Standardize Probation Officer training and the delivery of probation/parole services throughout the state.
• Establish uniform risk management tools for general offenders and sex offenders.
• Increase supervision of high-risk sex offenders. Continue to develop the Interagency Sex Offender Working Group to improve interagency coordination, policy, practices and other methods for managing sex offender risk to victims and potential victims.
• Maintain and enhance communications with the criminal justice system throughout the state.
• Research and develop alternatives to incarceration while providing protection for the public. Identify and implement intermediate sanctions programs statewide.
• Continue to explore the application of neighborhood-based supervision/community policing system.
• Expand the use of minimum banks and 1-900 telephone numbers for low-risk probation and parole clients.
• Provide supervision to offenders to assist them in dealing with problems that may have led to their arrests and convictions.
• Improve officer safety and increase specialized training.
• Increase offender accountability to victim and the community by implementing victim impact classes for offenders across the state; developing a pool of interagency facilitators and speakers to increase information, resources and support for victims; and increase in offender restitution/fine collection and community work service hours.
• Improve victim services in the Division of Probation and Parole by a) increased community education programs on victim services; b) identification of current victim services; and c) development of materials, forms, and policy changes as needed to insure they are more victim sensitive.
• Preserve and enhance agricultural assets through farm rehabilitative programs.
• Provide adult basic educational and life skills to offender population.
• Provide substance abuse education/counseling to offender population.