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 Oklahoma from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, Oklahoma saw a 49 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
10777
2151
1067
2019
9384
1383
706
2020
6098
1100
553
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
10,777
9,384
6,098
Total Violation admissions
2,151
1,383
1,100
Probation admissions
2,106
1,353
1,037
Parole admissions
45
30
63
Total Technical Violation admissions
1,067
706
553
Probation admissions
1,067
706
553
Parole admissions
Total New Offense admissions
1,039
647
484
Probation admissions
1,039
647
484
Parole admissions
Population
From 2018 to 2020, Oklahoma saw a 36 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to probation violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
27180
4772
1888
2019
26102
3910
1530
2020
21737
3076
1141
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
27,180
26,102
21,737
Total Violation population
Probation population
4,772
3,910
3,076
Parole population
Total Technical Violation population
1,888
1,530
1,141
Probation population
1,888
1,530
1,141
Parole population
Total New Offense population
2,884
2,380
1,935
Probation population
2,884
2,380
1,935
Parole population
Additional State Notes
Admissions data is from FY2018 to FY2020. For both admissions and population, Oklahoma did not provide the breakdown of technical parole and new offense parole violations data. The state also did not provide total parole violation population data. Admissions and population data due to supervision violations do not include probation services provided through a private company and district attorney supervision. People may return to prison and be identified as having returned due to a technical violation because the disposition of their case has not been determined at that time. Population data does not include admission types for cases older than 15 years.
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.
