News release: “Presents the number of persons on probation and parole at yearend 2007, by state, with percent changes in each state during the year. The statistical tables provide state-level probation and parole supervision rates and entries and exits. National and state-level data on parole re-incarceration rates are presented. Tables provide the total community supervision population, which includes offenders on probation or parole, in the U.S. for yearend 2000 through 2007. Data are presented on offenders supervised in the community as a percentage of the total correctional population, which includes offenders in prison or jail or on probation or parole. The tables also describe the national-level composition of these populations by race, gender, and offense. Appendix Tables have been added. (NCJ 224280) (See also the jointly released Prisoners in 2007).”