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 Mississippi from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, Mississippi saw a 22 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
8626
3869
2914
2019
8028
3740
2866
2020
6246
3025
2558
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
8,626
8,028
6,246
Total Violation admissions
3,869
3,740
3,025
Probation admissions
1,882
1,720
1,322
Parole admissions
1,987
2,020
1,703
Total Technical Violation admissions
2,914
2,866
2,558
Probation admissions
1,319
1,185
1,027
Parole admissions
1,595
1,681
1,531
Total New Offense admissions
955
874
467
Probation admissions
563
535
295
Parole admissions
392
339
172
Population
From 2018 to 2020, Mississippi saw a 10 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
19276
5705
3099
2019
19426
5786
3334
2020
17586
5127
3077
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
19,276
19,426
17,586
Total Violation population
5,705
5,786
5,127
Probation population
4,091
3,801
3,357
Parole population
1,614
1,985
1,770
Total Technical Violation population
3,099
3,334
3,077
Probation population
2,104
1,994
1,839
Parole population
995
1,340
1,238
Total New Offense population
2,606
2,452
2,050
Probation population
1,987
1,807
1,518
Parole population
619
645
532
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.
