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 Hawaii from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, Hawaii saw a 20 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
7829
3199
1245
2019
8270
2810
1133
2020
6158
2547
1016
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
7,829
8,270
6,158
Total Violation admissions
3,199
2,810
2,547
Probation admissions
2,896
2,477
2,197
Parole admissions
303
333
350
Total Technical Violation admissions
1,245
1,133
1,016
Probation admissions
1,108
989
877
Parole admissions
137
144
139
Total New Offense admissions
1,954
1,677
1,531
Probation admissions
1,788
1,488
1,320
Parole admissions
166
189
211
Population
From 2018 to 2020, Hawaii saw a 6 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
4396
1232
245
2019
4337
1417
277
2020
3334
1163
577
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
4,396
4,337
3,334
Total Violation population
1,232
1,417
1,163
Probation population
504
632
396
Parole population
728
785
767
Total Technical Violation population
245
277
577
Probation population
66
123
203
Parole population
179
154
374
Total New Offense population
987
1,140
586
Probation population
438
509
193
Parole population
549
631
393
Additional State Notes
Admissions data is from FY2018 to FY2020. Hawaii is a unified state, where the state has jurisdiction over people incarcerated in both jail and prison, but admissions and population data excludes pretrial populations as well as any holds while awaiting transfer. Admissions do include short incarceration stays as supervision sanctions (1- to 180-day sanctions).
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.
