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Facts & Figures

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Justice Statistics

  • In 2009, over 7.2 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole. This is 3.1% of all U.S. adult residents or 1 in every 32 adults. 
  • Local jails held 760,400 adults awaiting trial or serving a sentence at midyear 2009. 
Recidivism Statistics
  • During 2007, a total of 1,180,469 persons on parole were at-risk of reincarceration
  • Among nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5% were rearrested within three years
 
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