States across the country saw changes in their prison admissions and populations due to supervision violations in 2020. But some states were already experiencing reductions in violation admissions and population prior to the pandemic. This snapshot shows available supervision violation data for Arizona from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, Arizona saw a 25 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
18361
8277
6405
2019
18159
7752
5857
2020
15480
6226
4487
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
18,361
18,159
15,480
Total Violation admissions
8,277
7,752
6,226
Probation admissions
4,965
4,566
3,676
Parole admissions
3,312
3,186
2,550
Total Technical Violation admissions
6,405
5,857
4,487
Probation admissions
3,245
2,851
2,081
Parole admissions
3,160
3,006
2,406
Total New Offense admissions
1,872
1,895
1,739
Probation admissions
1,720
1,715
1,595
Parole admissions
152
180
144
Population
From 2018 to 2020, Arizona saw a 12 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
41937
10080
4179
2019
42441
10072
4198
2020
37731
8838
2478
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
41,937
42,441
37,731
Total Violation population
10,080
10,072
8,838
Probation population
8,339
8,265
7,897
Parole population
1,741
1,807
941
Total Technical Violation population
4,179
4,198
2,478
Probation population
3,004
2,936
2,036
Parole population
1,175
1,262
442
Total New Offense population
5,901
5,874
6,360
Probation population
5,335
5,329
5,861
Parole population
566
545
499
Whether an incarceration is the result of a new offense or technical violation is often difficult and problematic to delineate, even in states with available data. Most states do not consider a supervision violation to be the result of a new offense unless a new felony conviction is present, meaning technical violations may include misdemeanor convictions or new arrests. "Prison" includes county jail if the county was reimbursed by the state for a person’s incarceration, which occurs in some, but not all, states. Supervision violations may include revocations (i.e., unsuccessful terminations of a supervision and completion of a sentence in prison or jail) or short-term sanctions (i.e., probation or parole jurisdiction is maintained and the person is incarcerated for a short period of time in prison or jail). Not all states impose or include short-term sanctions in their count of supervision violations.
