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March 4, 2009
Crime Doesn't Pay, it Costs: Report finds 1 in 24 is the ratio of Massachusetts adults under correctional control (probation, parole, prison, or jail)
According to a report released by the Pew Center on the States,
Explosive growth in the number of people on probation or parole has propelled the population of the American corrections system to more than 7.3 million, or 1 in every 31 U.S. adults [.]With respect to Massachusetts, here are some of their findings:
- 1 in 24 adults is under correctional control (probation, parole, prison, or jail.)
- 1 in 28 is on probate or parole.
- 1 in 190 is in prison or in jail.
- $1.25 billion is spent on corrections or 4.6% of 2008's general fund.
- 1 day of prison ($130.16) = 18 days of parole.
- For every dollar spent on prisons in 2008, 4 cents was spent on parole.
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