Q: Can probation and parole conduct a home visit and conduct a search of a parolees home if the parolee is not there?
I moved in with my sister in law a few months ago to help out. She is on parole and in May 2021 probation and parole showed up to do a home visit,she was arrested that day.She bonded out and In July I was outside with my puppy and my sister in law was not at home. A mini van pulled up and a man got out and asked me for my sister in law, Kel, I told them she wasn't home and could I give her a message. He tells me that he's got some important papers for her and he might be able to leave them with me.He goes to the car and gets in.A few minutes go by and all the doors open and 4 men get out.They knock on the door and ask me if Kel lives there and the big guy in front starts walking in and I said what u doing. He said I'm doing a home visit and pushed me out of the way,they proceeded to search her bedroom.They asked me to set my phone down because they didn't want me to alert her that they were there. They found nothing and eventually left. Can they do that. This was Conway County, AR
A: If your sister-in-law is on parole and resides there, then as a condition of her parole, a parole agent can search the residence. People on parole do not have the same constitutional rights against searches and seizures.
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