As of 2016, the last year for which supervision data is available, 2.2 million people were incarcerated in United States jails and prisons, but more than twice as many, 4.5 million people-or one in every 55-were under supervision. Throughout the past 50 years, the use of probation (a sentence often imposed just after conviction) and parole (served after incarceration) has soared alongside jail and prison populations. Supervision, it is claimed, will keep people out of prison and help them get back on their feet. Probation, parole, and other forms of supervision are marketed as alternatives to incarceration in the United States. –Monique Taylor (pseudonym), who has served years on probation in Pennsylvania for conduct related to a long-standing drug dependence didn’t want to hear that I need help they just gave me time. You walk around with a rope tied around your leg to the prison door.
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