The one-percent decline in the number of adults supervised in the community on probation or parole between year-end 2013 and 2014 marked the seventh consecutive…
View More 1 in 52 adults on parole or probation. 4.7 million supervisedCategory: Parole and Probation
6,000 federal inmates released– states affected
The US Sentencing Commission modified its guidelines affecting 46,000 federal inmates with drug distribution charges to be released (after judicial review) approximately two years early…
View More 6,000 federal inmates released– states affected4.7 Million Americans on Parole and Probation
A new Department of Justice report presents data on adult offenders under community supervision while on probation or parole in 2013. The report presents trends…
View More 4.7 Million Americans on Parole and Probation42 percent of felony convictions result in a sentence to prison. 33 percent go to jail
Incarceration sentences were almost evenly divided between prison (36%) and jail (37%) in 2009. Felony convictions were more likely to result in a sentence to prison (42%) than jail (33%). Nearly all incarceration sentences for misdemeanor convictions were to jail (53%) rather than prison (3%).
View More 42 percent of felony convictions result in a sentence to prison. 33 percent go to jailProbation Declines for Fifth Straight Year-Parole Declines in 2012
The number of adults under community supervision declined by about 40,500 during 2012, down to 4,781,300 offenders at yearend 2012.
View More Probation Declines for Fifth Straight Year-Parole Declines in 2012Seven Million People in US Adult Corrections
The total U.S. correctional population (on probation, parole, in prison or jail) decreased for the fourth consecutive year during 2012 (down 51,000 offenders or 0.7 percent), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was the smallest decrease in the population since 2009.
View More Seven Million People in US Adult CorrectionsPrison Programs Can Reduce Crime
Crime in America We have praised research from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy in the past as being user friendly and to-the-point. The…
View More Prison Programs Can Reduce Crime“Broke-American Justice on the Ropes”
Crime in America.Net I was called this morning and told to look at CNN. Their lead story was about Camden, New Jersey and the fact…
View More “Broke-American Justice on the Ropes”Correctional Programs Reduce Crime-Update-Two New Programs Offered
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View More Correctional Programs Reduce Crime-Update-Two New Programs OfferedReturn to Prison (Recidivism) Rates for the UK-America-California
Gentlereaders: We recently posted rates of recidivism for the state of California and attached them to an existing page displaying national recidivism for the United…
View More Return to Prison (Recidivism) Rates for the UK-America-California