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 Oregon from 2018 through 2020.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9587 | 4466 | 2945 |
| 2019 | 9057 | 4033 | 2687 |
| 2020 | 6006 | 2333 | 1496 |
| 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 | |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 15478 | 1692 | 952 |
| 2019 | 15286 | 1624 | 902 |
| 2020 | 13102 | 1389 | 616 |
| 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.