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Key Statistic: Probationers
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Probationers are offenders under adult supervision who are placed on supervision in the community by the court, generally as an alternative to incarceration. However, some jurisdictions also sentence probationers to a combined short-term incarceration sentence immediately followed by probation, which is referred to as a split sentence. Probationers can have a number of different supervision statuses, including active supervision, which means they are required to regularly report to a probation authority in person, by mail, by telephone, or electronically. Some probationers may be on an inactive status, which means they are excluded from regularly reporting.

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Table: Estimated number of persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 1980-2016 (Excel, CSV)
Correctional population counts by status 1980-2016 (Excel, CSV)
 

 


Recommended Citation: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Statistics, <title of figure or table> on the Internet at www.bjs.gov (visited MM,DD,YYYY).

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