John Augustus, a Boston bootmaker in the mid-1800s, has been credited as being the "Father of Probation" in the United States.

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John Augustus is widely recognized as the first person to propose and implement probation as an alternative to prison in the United States. He began advocating for probation in the mid-1800s in Boston, and his efforts laid the groundwork for the modern probation system.

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