Washington Post - The number of Americans under supervision of state adult correctional systems has fallen to the lowest level in a decade, the federal government said Tuesday, while the number of people serving time in federal prison fell for the first time in more than three decades.
Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed 6,899,000 adults were under supervision of various adult correctional systems at the end of 2013, the last year for which figures are available. The number of adults under supervision includes those who are incarcerated, on parole or probation.
The total number declined by 41,500 from the end of 2012, and it represented the first time since 2003 that the number fell below 6.9 million. About one in every 35 adults was under some form of correctional supervision at the end of 2013, unchanged from the previous year. That rate is the lowest it’s been since 1997. The total incarceration rate has fallen, too, from about one in every 100 adults to one in every 110 adults.
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