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 New Hampshire from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, New Hampshire saw a 24 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
1426
802
2019
1330
869
2020
907
612
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
1,426
1,330
907
Total Violation admissions
802
869
612
Probation admissions
147
160
76
Parole admissions
655
709
536
Total Technical Violation admissions
802
869
612
Probation admissions
147
160
76
Parole admissions
655
709
536
Total New Offense admissions
Probation admissions
Parole admissions
Population
From 2018 to 2020, New Hampshire saw a 20 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
2531
54
2019
2463
63
2020
2155
43
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
2,531
2,463
2,155
Total Violation population
54
63
43
Probation population
11
5
2
Parole population
43
58
41
Total Technical Violation population
54
63
43
Probation population
11
5
2
Parole population
43
58
41
Total New Offense population
Probation population
Parole population
Additional State Notes
New Hampshire did not provide new offense violation data for admissions or state prison population.
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.
