What is a violation of my federal probation or supervised release?

It is a violation of your Federal Probation or Supervised Release (SR) if you break any law or disobey any condition of your post-release supervision. Read about conditions of Federal Probation (PG. 222) and Supervised Release (PG. 230) above.

If your probation officer thinks you have broken one of your conditions of supervision, you may be charged with a violation.[985]

    If the judge finds that you have violated one of your conditions of supervision, you could go to prison.[986]
    If you are having trouble with your Probation officer, or if you think you are in danger of being violated, you should call your attorney. If you have retained a private attorney, you should call him or her. If you don’t have a private attorney, you should call the Federal Public Defender in you District. Often an attorney can help you resolve a supervision problem before there is a formal violation charge.[987]
  1. 985

    18 U.S.C. § 3565 (a).

  2. 986

    18 U.S.C. § 3565 (a)(2).

  3. 987

    See Federal Defenders of San Diego, Violations of Probation or Supervised Release, http://www.fdsdi.com/pdf/Client_Violations.pdf.