New St Louis Co. (MO) program shortens jail stays for probation violators
riverfronttimes.com/news/new-program-shortens-county-jail-stays-for-probation-violators-39288283
macfound.org/press/grantee-publications/expediting-probation-processes-to-improve-outcomes
safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Policy_Brief_Probation_StLCO.pdf
safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/St.Louis_Probation_Final.pdf
Many have argued that we are in the era of mass probation, as more people are under probation supervision than under any other correctional sanction. Although there have been declines in the national probation population over the past decade, one in 84 adult US residents is currently on probation. Nationwide, local jail populations have also grown—from 184,000 in 1980 to 741,900 in 2019. The increased use of probation inflates the population at risk of subsequent confinement in jail or prison. Individuals who violate their probation, in some states, are detained in jail and await a hearing. Despite the growth in probation revocations and the increased use of jail stays as a response to technical violations, however, there is little evidence to suggest that short-term stays of incarceration reduce recidivism.