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Another high in depriving liberty: 7.2 million under CJ control

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Washington Post piece, the "number of people under supervision in the nation's criminal justice system rose to 7.2 million in 2006, the highest ever."  Here are more specifics and reactions:According to a recently released report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than 2 million offenders were either in jail or prison in 2006, the most recent year studied in an annual survey.  Another 4.2 million were on probation, and nearly 800,000 were on parole.  The cost to taxpayers, about $45 billion, is causing states such as California to reconsider harsh criminal penalties. In an attempt to relieve overcrowding, California is now exporting some of its 170,000 inmates to privately run corrections facilities as far away as Tennessee...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 13, 2008 (boomark / email).