Number of Persons Supervised by Adult Correctional Systems in the US, By Correctional Status, 2000, 2005, 2010-2018

Estimated Number of Persons Supervised by Adult Correctional Systems, By Correctional Status, 2000, 2005, 2010-2018
Year
Total Correctional
Population

Community Supervision

Incarcerated

Totala, c

Probation

Parole

Total

Local Jaild

Prisone
2018 6,410,000 4,399,000 3,540,000 878,000 2,123,100 738,400 1,465,200
2017 6,549,700 4,508,900 3,647,200 875,000 2,153,600 745,200 1,489,200
2016 6,616,200 4,537,100 3,673,100 874,800 2,165,100 740,700 1,508,100
2015 6,741,400 4,650,900 3,789,800 870,500 2,173,800 728,200 1,526,800
2014 6,856,900 4,713,200 3,868,400 857,700 2,225,100 744,600 1,562,800
2013 6,899,700 4,749,800 3,912,900 849,500 2,222,500 731,200 1,577,000
2012 6,949,800 4,790,700 3,944,900 858,400 2,222,500 744,500 1,570,400
2011 6,994,500 4,818,300 3,973,800 855,500 2,252,500 735,600 1,599,000
2010 7,089,000 4,888,500 4,055,900 840,800 2,279,100 748,700 1,613,800
2005 7,055,800 4,946,800 4,162,500 784,400 2,200,400 747,500 1,525,900
2000 6,467,900 4,565,100 3,839,500 725,500 1,945,400 621,100 1,394,200


Notes: Estimates were rounded to the nearest 100 and may not be comparable to previously published BJS reports due to updated information or rounding. Counts include estimates for nonresponding jurisdictions. All probation, parole, and prison counts are for December 31; jail counts are for the last weekday in June. Detail may not sum to total due to rounding and adjustments made to account for offenders with multiple correctional statuses. See Methodology.
a: Total was adjusted to account for offenders with multiple correctional statuses. See Methodology.
b: Includes inmates held in local jails or under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons.
c: Includes some offenders held in a prison or jail but who remained under the jurisdiction of a probation or parole agency.
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole, Annual Survey of Jails, Census of Jail Inmates, and National Prisoner Statistics Program, 2000, 2005, and 2010-2015.

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