September 30, 2022
Community-Based Corrections
Community-based corrections, also known as community corrections, are ways that governmental bodies supervise law offenders outside prisons or jails. The United States criminal justice system views these correctional approaches as viable sentencing alternatives to jail or prison sentences.
In 2020, the offender population under community supervision was 3,890,400, compared to 1,691,600 in prisons and jails.