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Probation and Parole in the United States, 2014

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FOR THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR U.S. ADULTS UNDER COMMUNITY SUPERVISION DECLINED IN 2014

WASHINGTON – The one-percent decline in the number of adults supervised in the community on probation or parole between yearend 2013 and 2014 marked the...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2010

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011            Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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NUMBER OF ADULTS ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION DECLINED DURING 2010 FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

Rates of completion up for parolees and probationers since 2006

WASHINGTON – The number of adult offenders under community supervision on probation or on parole declined...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2011

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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ONE IN 34 U.S. ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION IN 2011, LOWEST RATE SINCE 2000

WASHINGTON – About 6.98 million people were under some form of adult correctional supervision in the U.S. at yearend 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice...

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011

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ONE IN 34 U.S. ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION IN 2011, LOWEST RATE SINCE 2000

WASHINGTON – About 6.98 million people were under some form of adult correctional supervision in the U.S. at yearend 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2012

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013                        Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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TOTAL U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION DECLINED IN 2012 FOR FOURTH YEAR

WASHINGTON – 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...