50 State Reports
Supervision Violation Data Snapshot
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 Maryland from 2018 through 2020.
From 2018 to 2020, Maryland saw a 38 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
| Total Admissions | Violation Admissions | Technical Violation Admissions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7761 | 2169 | 1874 |
| 2019 | 7392 | 1973 | 1650 |
| 2020 | 5057 | 1347 | 1157 |
| Total | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total admissions | 7,761 | 7,392 | 5,057 | |
| Total Violation admissions | 2,169 | 1,973 | 1,347 | |
| Probation admissions | 1,117 | 1,022 | 719 | |
| Parole admissions | 1,052 | 951 | 628 | |
| Total Technical Violation admissions | 1,874 | 1,650 | 1,157 | |
| Probation admissions | 970 | 850 | 622 | |
| Parole admissions | 904 | 800 | 535 | |
| Total New Offense admissions | 295 | 323 | 190 | |
| Probation admissions | 147 | 172 | 97 | |
| Parole admissions | 148 | 151 | 93 | |
From 2018 to 2020, Maryland saw a 9 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
| Total Population | Violation Population | Technical Violation Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19453 | 1684 | |
| 2019 | 19014 | 1563 | |
| 2020 | 18607 | 1530 |
| Total | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total population | 19,453 | 19,014 | 18,607 | |
| Total Violation population | 1,684 | 1,563 | 1,530 | |
| Probation population | 874 | 814 | 820 | |
| Parole population | 810 | 749 | 710 | |
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Additional State Notes
Maryland did not provide population data for technical violations and new offense violations for probation or parole. Probation terms are not identified in prison data. Probation and parole data cannot distinguish between violation admissions to county jail, which is locally funded, and to prison.
Admissions data is from FY2018 to FY2020. Population data follow the Maryland State Fiscal Year, which runs from July 1 to June 30. Thus, the 2020 data provided are the full FY2020 figures reflecting populations through June 30, 2020. Population data from 2018 to 2020 is from a snapshot date of June 30.
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.