Florida reformed and scaled back probation supervision more than three years ago. Now, polling shows broad support for Congress tackling probation updates nationwide.

New polling commissioned by the REFORM Alliance , a national group supporting changes to probation and parole, found nearly 79% of Americans support proposals to change supervision as proposed in a bipartisan bill championed by U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee.

The survey, conducted by Fabrizio Ward , showed strong majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents backing reform.

It’s a result that shocked even the group’s leadership, as most Americans supported changing the process without hearing any messaging.

“I have to say, I was absolutely shocked that we saw as high support right out the gate, without even linkin

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