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If you’ve received an early parole or DUI probation, the court imposes certain rules you must follow. While every situation is different, common stipulations include mandatory drug and alcohol counseling, random chemical tests, installing an ignition interlock device (IID) in each of your vehicles, and absolute sobriety.
While it may feel like returning to freedom, a DUI parole violation carries serious ramifications. Penalties for violating your DUI parole can include:
When placed on extended supervision, parole or DUI probation in Wisconsin, you are typically required to attend regular meetings with a probation or parole officer, who monitors your behavior to ensure you’re abiding by the conditions of release.
In addition to DUI fines and surcharges, you will be required to pay supervision fees, which are scaled based on your household gross monthly income.
If you’ve been placed on DUI probation in Wisconsin, you must serve at least half of your probation term before you are eligible for an early discharge from supervision.
You must abide by the following conditions to remain eligible for early DUI probation discharge:
If you are on parole or extended supervision, you are not eligible for early discharge of supervision.
Certain OWI convictions allow for early release under a modified Wisconsin DUI probation program called Safe Streets. Mandatory jail sentences for a 2nd DUI, 3rd DUI or 4th DUI (non-felony) convictions can be reduced under certain circumstances. If you were charged with a DUI with injury, but had no prior first offense DUI violations, mandatory jail sentences may also be reduced depending on the circumstances.
Under the Safe Streets program, you must complete DUI probation with treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. Safe Streets can only be used once in a person’s lifetime.
In Wisconsin, DUI probation violations may lead to revocation of Safe Streets release, which means you will not be eligible for the program again for any possible subsequent violations.
The conditions of your DUI probation or parole can often be confusing or unclear. While your probation or parole officer is supposed to help you understand the process, the reality is they are frequently over-worked and unable to give your case the individualized attention it deserves.
Grieve Law takes the time to get to know you and your case thoroughly, and ensures you have a full understanding of your circumstances.
If you’ve violated any conditions of your DUI probation or parole, the time to start building your defense is now. Talk to the tactical, strategic and aggressive DUI defense lawyer who fights tooth-and-nail over every shred of evidence.
Contact Grieve Law now to set up your FREE DUI case evaluation.
At your probation violation hearing, a judge will need to prove you violated your probation, and if you did, they will decide which punishment you should face. If you can prove your probation officer was wrong and you didn’t violate your probation, you will not be punished.
If you’ve violated the terms outlined by the judge or probation officer, you could work with the judge to fix the violation. This means to go do the things the judge had originally ordered you to do. If you failed to complete your community service hours, you might be able to go back and complete those hours to stay out of jail, for example.
Proving to the judge that you’re a valuable, positive addition to society using quality mentors to vouch for you in court could help fight any probation violations you’re facing. However, this will most likely only work if the people who are vouching for you are respectable and well known. This is a tactic that has worked for some people but is generally not going to be the most helpful.
The absolute best thing to do is hire a criminal defense lawyer that knows their way around the law. They can help you figure out the most effective route in fighting your probation violation case.
If you’re on 2 months or 2 years of probation in Wisconsin, violating that parole and going back to jail could be listed on your record permanently.
