Almost 7 Million Adults Under Correctional Supervision, Behind Bars or On Probation or Parole in the Community, Says Justice Dept.

U.S. Newswire › November 02, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The number of adults in prison, jail, or on probation or parole reached almost 7 million during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The number has grown by more than 1.6 million adults under correctional authority control since 1995.

The nation's total correctional population was 6,996,500 in 2004, of which 4,151,125 were living in the community on probation; 1,421,911 were in a state or federal prison; 765,355 were living in the community on parole; and 713,990 were in jail, according to the BJS report on probation and parole. At year-end one in every 31 adults were under correctional supervision, which was 3.2 percent of the U.S. adult population.

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Almost 7 Million Adults Under Correctional Supervision, Behind Bars or On Probation or Parole in the Community, Says Justice Dept.

Probationers are criminal offenders who have been sentenced to a period of conditional supervision in the community, generally in lieu of incarceration. Par...

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