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The number of adults in the correctional population has been increasing.
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- Source: Bureau of Justice
Statistics Correctional Surveys
- (The Annual Probation
Survey, National Prisoner Statistics
Program, Annual Survey of Jails, and Annual Parole Survey)
as presented in Correctional Populations
in the United States, Annual,
Prisoners
in 2007 and Probation
and Parole in the United States, 2007 -
Statistical Tables.
In 2007, over 7.3 million
people were under some form of correctional supervision including:
- Probation -
court ordered community supervision of convicted offenders by a probation
agency. In many instances, the supervision requires adherence to specific
rules of conduct while in the community.
Prison -
confinement in a State or Federal correctional facility to serve a sentence
of more than 1 year, although in some jurisdictions the length of sentence
which results in prison confinement is longer.
Jail -
confinement in a local jail while pending trial, awaiting sentencing,
serving a sentence that is usually less than 1 year, or awaiting transfer
to other facilities after conviction.
Parole -
community supervision after a period of incarceration. These data include
only adults who are on active or inactive parole supervision or some
other form of conditional release, including mandatory release, following
a term of incarceration.
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