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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 Michigan from 2018 through 2020.

Admissions

From 2018 to 2020, Michigan saw a 43 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.

The breakdown

Total Admissions Violation Admissions Technical Violation Admissions
2018918846582657
2019868643442543
2020497626631638
Total 2018 2019 2020
Total admissions 9,188 8,686 4,976
Total Violation admissions 4,658 4,344 2,663
Probation admissions 2,073 1,933 1,042
Parole admissions 2,585 2,411 1,621
Total Technical Violation admissions 2,657 2,543 1,638
Probation admissions 1,061 997 529
Parole admissions 1,596 1,546 1,109
Total New Offense admissions 2,000 1,801 1,025
Probation admissions 1,011 936 513
Parole admissions 989 865 512
Population

From 2018 to 2020, Michigan saw a 23 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.

The breakdown

Total Population Violation Population Technical Violation Population
2018387611246
2019380531189
202033617957
Total 2018 2019 2020
Total population 38,761 38,053 33,617
Total Violation population 1,246 1,189 957
Probation population 0 0 0
Parole population 1,246 1,189 957
Total Technical Violation population 1,246 1,189 957
Probation population 0 0 0
Parole population 1,246 1,189 957
Total New Offense population 0 0 0
Probation population 0 0 0
Parole population 0 0 0

Additional State Notes

For population, Michigan did not provide probation violation data and new offense parole data.

Historically, there have been data coding challenges in distinguishing between technical and new offense probation violations within Michigan's prison data—specifically, coding is often inconsistent in data entry.

Michigan only tracks people with technical parole violations in prison populations.


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.