Each year, technical parole violators - parolees who have not been re-arrested, but rather have violated the terms of their parole (such as a failure to appear for an appointment) - spend months at Rikers Island. Special needs technical parole violators - including those with mental illness, women with sole custody of children, people with substance abuse treatment needs, and youth - remain in detention longer than other technical parole violators. The length of detention is longer because of the difficulty and time involved in placing special needs violators in appropriate community-based programs. In partnership with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, New York State Division of Parole, and the New York City Department of Correction, CASES' Parole Restoration Project (PRP) works to restore otherwise prison bound technical parole violators to parole, and links participants to community based services. To learn more about PRP, please click on the link provided on the left navigation bar.