Philly Probation Check-ins Go Virtual, Urine Tests Suspended, As Sheriff’s Office Grapples With Deputy Shortage

Written on 03/04/2025
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At a probation hearing last Friday at Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center, Common Pleas Court Judge Roxanne Covington ordered a defendant to report to the city’s probation offices at Seventh and Market this week for a drug screening.

That, a probation officer responded, would not be possible.

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