United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-08-13 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:GGD-97-110 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110 P0b002ee180385449 f:gg97110 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110 GGD-97-110 Parole Law enforcement Statistical data Parolees Recidivism Probation officers Projections Offender rehabilitation Drug treatment Letter Report GGD GAO reviewed the trends in the number of federal offenders serving terms of community supervision during fiscal years 1990 through 1996, focusing on: (1) the growth of the total supervision population and any changes in the composition of that population by type of supervision; (2) the number of offenders who had special conditions imposed on their terms of supervision, such as home confinement or drug treatment; and (3) the number of persons who were removed from supervision for violating the terms of their supervision.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the total population of federal offenders under community supervision rose 10 percent during fiscal years 1990 and 1996; (2) the most notable change in the mix of this population occurred in the percentage of offenders serving a term of community supervision following a prison term; (3) specifically, the probation population decreased about 35 percent, while those on postprison supervision rose 94 percent; (4) the increase in the postprison supervision population is entirely due to the large increase in the number of offenders on supervised release; (5) during fiscal years 1991 through 1995, the number of offenders sentenced with serious criminal histories grew at a significantly greater rate than did those with less serious criminal histories; (6) further, available data suggest that inmates released from the Bureau of Prisons prisons in fiscal years 1997 through 2001 may include a greater number of high-risk offenders than did the population released through fiscal year 1996; (7) the total number of offenders with special conditions remained relatively stable between fiscal years 1992 and 1996; (8) in addition, the total number of offenders removed from supervision for violating their terms of supervision increased by nearly 18 percent between fiscal years 1990 and 1996; (9) to the extent that the trends continue in the: (a) mix of offenders under federal supervision; (b) number of offenders sentenced with more serious criminal histories; and (c) number of offenders removed from supervision due to violations, the workload of probation officers would likely increase; and (10) if the trend in the number of offenders with special conditions remains stable, it would not likely affect the workload of probation officers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110.pdf GAO/GGD-97-110 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-110 Letter Report GAO/GGD-97-110; Federal Offenders: Trends in Community Supervision; Parole Law enforcement Statistical data Parolees Recidivism Probation officers Projections Offender rehabilitation Drug treatment Public Law 98-473