Report: Probation, Parole Linked To Incarceration In Wisconsin [wpr.org]

Alicia Doktor 1/25/1912:00 PM

In Wisconsin, high rates of probation and parole are contributing to its growing, racially disparate prison population, according to a new report from Columbia University's Justice Lab.

Wisconsin has the highest rate of parole supervision among its neighboring states, and the lengths of parole are nearly twice the national average.

"Probation and parole, collectively called corrections or community supervision, has been a bit of an invisible arm of correctional control in the United States," said Kendra Bradner, senior staff associate at the Justice Lab.

[For more on this story by Phoebe Petrovic, go to https://www.wpr.org/report-pro...arceration-wisconsin]

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