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 Nebraska from 2018 through 2020.
From 2018 to 2019, Nebraska saw a 6 percent increase in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
| Total Admissions | Violation Admissions | Technical Violation Admissions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2724 | 634 | 185 |
| 2019 | 2850 | 671 | 131 |
| Total | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total admissions | 2,724 | 2,850 | ||
| Total Violation admissions | 634 | 671 | ||
| Probation admissions | 250 | 294 | ||
| Parole admissions | 384 | 377 | ||
| Total Technical Violation admissions | 185 | 131 | ||
| Probation admissions | ||||
| Parole admissions | 185 | 131 | ||
| Total New Offense admissions | 199 | 246 | ||
| Probation admissions | ||||
| Parole admissions | 199 | 246 | ||
From 2018 to 2019, Nebraska saw a 21 percent increase in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
| Total Population | Violation Population | Technical Violation Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5302 | 591 | 105 |
| 2019 | 5487 | 717 | 111 |
| Total | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total population | 5,302 | 5,487 | ||
| Total Violation population | 591 | 717 | ||
| Probation population | 281 | 369 | ||
| Parole population | 310 | 348 | ||
| Total Technical Violation population | 105 | 111 | ||
| Probation population | ||||
| Parole population | 105 | 111 | ||
| Total New Offense population | 205 | 237 | ||
| Probation population | ||||
| Parole population | 205 | 237 | ||
Additional State Notes
Nebraska did not respond to the 2021 survey. While the state did not respond to the latest survey request for this report, information was obtained by the CSG Justice Center through the Nebraska Justice Reinvestment Initiative in 2020.
Total probation violation admissions and population data were provided by the Office of Probation Administration. However, a breakdown of technical and new offense probation violations data were not provided because probation violations are not easily tracked or identified in Nebraska's prison data. Data on admissions and population due to probation violations include post-release supervision (PRS) revocations, as this type of supervision is handled by probation. People on PRS supervision are only eligible to be returned to prison if they commit a violation and have more than one year remaining on their PRS term. If people have less than one year remaining, they are revoked to county jail and are not included in this report. These data do not include people who have had a term of PRS revoked or unsatisfactorily completed prior to sentencing and admitted to prison under a new prison ID number. Admissions for technical violations do not include PRS violations, as data regarding these types of violations are not collected.
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.