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.