[Press Release] Prosecutors Join Probation and Parole Leaders Calling for Downsizing Probation and Parole

November 19, 2020

Over 50 current elected prosecutors joined 90+ current and former probation and parole chiefs in signing on to the statement spearheaded by Executives Transforming Probation and Parole (EXiT) calling for probation and parole systems to be smaller, less punitive, and more equitable. 

The statement — spearheaded by Executives Transforming Probation and Parole (EXiT) —  underscores the troubling growth in mass supervision over past years, with over 4.4 million people in the nation now under supervision: “people are being supervised who should not be and are being kept on supervision for far too long.”

The statement coincided with the release of a new poll by The Justice Collaborative Institute finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans (65%) agree that the United States should try to reduce the number of people on parole or probation. The poll also finds that a majority of Americans (60%) agree that individuals who merely violate technical probation or parole rules shouldn’t be incarcerated and that people on supervision should be allowed to vote (55%).

Read the full press statement HERE.

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