Reentry Facts

State and federal prisons held approximately 1,598,780 prisoners at the end of 2011¹ — approximately one of every 107 U.S. adults.²
At least 95 percent of state prisoners will be released back to their communities at some point.³
During 2011, 688.384 sentenced prisoners were released from state and federal prisons.⁴
Approximately 9 million individuals are released from jail each year.⁵
At the end of 2011, 4,814,200 adults - one in fifty U.S. adults - were on probation, parole, or other post-prison supervision. Approximately 853,900 were on parole.⁶
In a study that looked at recidivism in over 40 states, more than four in 10 offenders returned to state prison within three years of their release.⁷
In 2011, parole violators accounted for 30.8 percent of all prison admissions, 33 percent of state admissions, and 7.9 percent of federal admissions.⁸
During 2011, approximately 12% of parolees were re-incarcerated. Eight percent of parolees were re-incarcerated due to parole violations and revocations, and 3% of parolees were re-incarcerated for new offenses.⁹

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