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State and Federal Prisoners Returning to the Community: Findings from the Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Statistics address: parole/conditional release supervision increasing slowly after decade of rapid growth; characteristics of persons under parole/conditional release supervision changing; parole/conditional release violators linked to rise in prison admissions; parole/conditional release failure rates high; 40% of State prisoners expected to be released in next 12 months; number of prison releases expected to rise; nearly 80% of re-entering State inmates will be under conditional release supervision; high levels of substance abuse and mental illness among re-entering State prisoners; and substance abuse and mental health treatment still needed for many prisoners awaiting release.