US parole system fraught with allegations of sexual abuse

There are few power dynamics more lopsided than the one between a parole officer and a parolee. Wielding near-total control over the former prisoners they supervise, a parole officer can put someone back behind bars without so much as a court hearing in some instances. Now, according to the details of an FBI search warrant application unsealed in federal court, California parole officer Andre Lovan allegedly led a woman under his supervision to believe she would be sent back to jail unless she provided him with sex on demand.