Community Supervision Extends Punishment Beyond Prison Walls, New Report Finds
A recent Prison Policy Initiative briefing asserts that community supervision, including probation and parole, represents the largest segment of the U.S. criminal legal system, with an estimated 3.5 million individuals under correctional control compared to 2 million incarcerated. The analysis further contends that this system is frequently deficient in design, often leading to reincarceration for technical violations rather than the commission of new offenses.
