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Reentry Trends in the U.S.
Entries to State parole
The number
of State parole entries grew at an average annual rate of 1.9% from 1990
to 2002
- During 2002, there
were 436,306 entries to State parole, a 25% increase over the number
that entered parole in 1990. However, the number of entries in 2002 declined by nearly 10,000 from 2001.
- Among those entering
parole, the percentage who had been re-released from State prison rose
from 27% in 1990 to 45% in 1999.
- Re-releases are
persons leaving prison after having served time either for a violation
of parole or other conditional release or for a new offense committed
while under parole supervision.
- Among parole entries
in 1999, 35% had been convicted of a drug offense (up from 27% in 1990).
- The average age
of parole entries increased from 31 years in 1990 to 34 years in 1999.
In 1999, an estimated 109,300 State prisoners age 40 or older were paroled
– 26% of all entries to parole. This was more than double the number that
entered parole among that age group in 1990.
BJS Sources:
Probation and Parole in the United
States, 2002, August, 2003
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000,
October, 2001.
Related information
From BJS
- Topical pages
- National,
State, and Federal correctional data in spreadsheets
From the Office
of Justice Programs
- Serious
and violent offender reentry initiative
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