Pie chart showing that people in correctional facilities are only about a third of the 5.5 million people under correctional control in the United States. Most (2.9 million) are on probation. The remainder (770,000) are on parole.

Data Source: See "read about the data" section of full report. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2023)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023.

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