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From Supervision to Opportunity: Reimagining Probation and Parole

Criminal justice reform is now a high-profile, bipartisan issue in the United States. Politicians, activists, philanthropists, and celebrities all call for shrinking the system’s extensive reach. Yet as states work to cut the populations of their prisons and jails, one key aspect of the legal system often goes overlooked: community supervision.

Research, Editor's PicksMaria Pia TissotNovember 7, 2022parole, probation, criminal justice

Why we should rethink probation and parole

Roughly 97% of the approximately 2 million people who are incarcerated in the United States will be released from prison or jail, and when they reenter the general population, they will join an estimated 5 million people who are already under community supervision (probation or parole) in the United States.

Editor's Picks, ResearchMaria Pia TissotNovember 4, 2022prison, incarceration, parole, probation