If your loved one has been arrested multiple times, it’s natural to wonder why the cycle keeps repeating. Is it the addiction? The choices they’re making? Often, the real issue goes deeper—unaddressed mental health struggles. Learn how understanding the root cause of these problems can break the cycle of reoffending and lead to real, lasting change.
Addiction & Substance Abuse
People often ask how long they can hold someone in jail for a probation violation in Wisconsin. These types of probation holds are commonly referred to as VOP holds, or PO holds. (The two terms are interchangeable.) Although Wisconsin has administrative rules that set time limits for how long they can hold someone in jail on a PO hold, these time limits are not firm and can be extended with very little effort by the probation agent, which means a person may end up sitting in jail for months on a VOP hold.