Idaho Ranked Fourth In Parole Increase

Sun., Aug. 16, 1998

From Staff

A new U.S. Department of Justice study shows Idaho ranked fourth in the nation in the percentage increase of convicts on parole last year.

The agency’s Bureau of Justice Statistics said Idaho had a much larger increase in federal, state and local prisoners on parole or probation than the national average. Much of the increase was due to higher incarceration rates in Idaho in recent years, the study said.

Idaho had 692 convicts on parole last year, an increase of 18.5 percent, compared to a national increase of 1.3 percent.

The state also had an estimated 5,850 adults on probation in 1997, an increase of 8.7 percent, compared to the national increase of 3.2 percent. That was the 10th largest increase in the nation.

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