Portland Press Herald - The number of Americans under the 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 that 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 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..
Maine had the lowest rate in the country at the end of 2013, with just 980 adults per 100,000 under some form of supervision...
Texas houses the highest number of prisoners in state prisons and local
jails, at 221,800. California, at 218,800 inmates, is close behind. But
Georgia has the highest number of residents under some form of
supervision, with 536,200 residents on probation or parole.
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