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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 Oregon from 2018 through 2020.

Admissions

From 2018 to 2020, Oregon saw a 48 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.

The breakdown

Total Admissions Violation Admissions Technical Violation Admissions
2018958744662945
2019905740332687
2020600623331496
Total 2018 2019 2020
Total admissions 9,587 9,057 6,006
Total Violation admissions 4,466 4,033 2,333
Probation admissions 4,132 3,623 2,072
Parole admissions 334 410 261
Total Technical Violation admissions 2,945 2,687 1,496
Probation admissions 2,699 2,384 1,308
Parole admissions 246 303 188
Total New Offense admissions 1,521 1,346 837
Probation admissions 1,433 1,239 764
Parole admissions 88 107 73
Population

From 2018 to 2020, Oregon saw a 18 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.

The breakdown

Total Population Violation Population Technical Violation Population
2018154781692952
2019152861624902
2020131021389616
Total 2018 2019 2020
Total population 15,478 15,286 13,102
Total Violation population 1,692 1,624 1,389
Probation population 1,640 1,533 1,352
Parole population 52 91 37
Total Technical Violation population 952 902 616
Probation population 920 823 587
Parole population 32 79 29
Total New Offense population 740 722 773
Probation population 720 710 765
Parole population 20 12 8

Additional State Notes

Prison population data excludes people serving a term of state funded transitional leave out in the community.

The state abolished parole in November 1989 and maintains a form of post-prison supervision on a determinate basis; although, people with a crime occurring prior to the 1989 date remain on parole if the case is still active. State funding is distributed to counties to provide supervision, sanctions, and services, as well as for 12 months or less incarceration sentences that are served at the local county level. Many counties supplement state funding with local dollars or grants but some counties may only receive state funding. People are supervised and sanctioned at the county level; however, 2 of the 36 counties are operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections.

People on active supervision with a county or state community corrections agency for a felony and/or misdemeanor are tracked in Oregon's joint state/county information system. New offense and technical violations for felony convictions are tracked in prison data, but the data does not indicate whether a misdemeanor conviction led to a revocation of the felony case and subsequent return to prison.

Admissions and population data only includes people who are incarcerated as a result of a revocation due to a new sentence or technical violation and does not include people in prison or jail as a result of a sanction.


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.