Pamela, Right now, nearly 3.7 million U.S. adults are living under community supervision. For many, a simple misstep could lead to being locked up behind bars.
That's because people who fail to comply with supervision conditions can have their probation revoked and be sentenced to incarceration as a result. But those conditions can be confusing, difficult, or even impossible to meet. |
Probation is the most common criminal sentence in the United States. It has often been promoted as an "alternative" to the inhumane conditions behind bars. But too often, probation only serves to delay incarceration—not prevent it.
Research from Vera and others has shown that the restrictions and requirements of probation have become more and more punitive in recent decades.
Pamela, this system is setting people up to fail. And as with other parts of the criminal legal system, Black communities and other communities of color face the greatest harms.
Black people tend to be given more supervision conditions and longer probation terms. They are also more likely than white people to have their probation revoked and to be sent to prison as a result. |
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