CORRECTIONS SYSTEM
Overview
*
JAIL
ARREST
COURT
APPEARANCE/
HEARING
PLEA BARGAIN
OR
TRIAL
CONVICTION &
SENTENCING
JAIL
JAIL
PRISON
PROBATION
PAROLE
ALTERNATIVES TO
INCARCERATION
REVOCATION OF
PAROLE OR
PROBATION OR
NEW CONVICTION
RELEASED
PENDING
TRIAL
2.2
4.8
Million
in
Custody**
Million
under
community
supervision**
* *Correctional Populations in the US, 2012
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpus12.pdf
OUT OF THE
SYSTEM
INTO
SUPERVISION
INTO
CUSTODY
No Charges/
Diversion
No Charges/
Diversion
Free
(Revolving Door***)
Successful Appeal
(Revolving Door)
Free
(Revolving Door)
Free
(Revolving Door)
Acquittal
***REVOLVING DOOR refers to cycles of imprisonment,
release, reoffending, and reincarceration.
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*Source:
American Corrections,
Second Edition
February 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5063-6236-6
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