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CJ-7

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(4-29-2011)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
AND ACTING AS COLLECTION AGENT

2011 ANNUAL PAROLE SURVEY

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GENERAL INFORMATION

• If you have any questions, call XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX at X–XXX–XXX–XXXX, or e-mail
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• Please complete the questionnaire before February 28, 2012 using the web-reporting option at
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Who is covered by this survey?

• INCLUDE all persons sentenced as an adult, who were conditionally released to parole supervision, whether by
parole board decision or by mandatory conditional release.
• INCLUDE adult parolees legally your responsibility but supervised outside your jurisdiction, such as through an
interstate compact agreement.
• INCLUDE adult parolees on active, including those who report electronically, or inactive supervision.
• INCLUDE adult parolees under your jurisdiction regardless of supervision status or sentence length.
• INCLUDE absconders who have not been discharged from parole.
Who is not covered by this survey?
• EXCLUDE juveniles (persons under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court or corrections agency).
• EXCLUDE interstate compact cases supervised by your jurisdiction for another state.
• EXCLUDE adult parolees supervised by your jurisdiction but legally the responsibility of another jurisdiction.
Burden statement
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, we cannot ask you to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response, including
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20531; and to the Office of Management and Budget, OMB No. 1121-XXXX, Washington, DC 20503.
INSTRUCTIONS (NEW)
• Please provide a response to each item. Blank items will be interpreted as "not available" or
"unknown" ("DK").
• If the answer to a question is "none" or "zero," write "0" in the space provided.
• If the answer to a question is "not available" or "unknown," write "DK" in the space provided.
• If the answer to a question is "not applicable," write "NA" in the space provided.
• When an exact numeric answer is not available, provide an estimate and mark (X) in the box beside each figure.
For example 1,000 X .

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ITEMS AND DEFINITIONS

Your agency’s adult parole
population on December 31, 2010 . . .
1. On January 1, 2011, what was your agency’s
adult parole population?
Population on January 1, 2011 . . . . .

1. Include only adult parolees conditionally released to parole
supervision, whether by parole board decision or by
mandatory conditional release.

2. Between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011,
how many adults entered parole by —
a. Discretionary release from prison . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Individuals entering parole more than once during the year should
be counted each time (e.g., entered, discharged, and re-entered
should be counted as two entries. Individuals who enter parole and,
without being discharged, are placed on parole for a second
offense, should be counted as one entry).
a. Discretionary releases are persons who entered parole as a
result of a parole board decision, Governor’s pardon, or
commutation of sentence.

b. Mandatory release from prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c. Reinstatement of parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b. Mandatory releases are persons who entered parole as a result
of a determinate sentencing statute or good-time provision.

d. Term of supervised release from
prison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e. Other – Specify

c. Reinstatements are persons returned to parole status,
including discharged absconders whose cases were
re-opened, revocations with immediate reinstatement, and
offenders re-paroled at anytime under the same sentence.
d. Term of supervised release are persons sentenced by a judge
to a fixed period of incarceration based on a determinate
statute, immediately followed by a period of supervised
release.

f. Not known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
g. Total entries (Should equal the
sum of items 2a through 2f) . . . . . .
3. Between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011,
how many adult parolees were discharged from
supervision for the following reason —

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a. Completions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Individuals exiting parole more than once during the year should
be counted each time, (e.g., individuals who are discharged from
all parole supervision, re-enter parole, and are discharged again
should be counted as two discharges).
a. Completions are parolees who served full-term sentences or
who were released early due to a parole authority decision,
commutation, or pardon.

b. Returned to incarceration —

1) With new sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b. 1) Parolees sent back to incarceration after receiving a
sentence for a new offense.
2) Parolees sent back to incarceration after their sentence to
parole was revoked (e.g., violating a condition of their
parole) but without receiving a sentence for a new offense.

2) With revocation, without
new sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3) To receive treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4) Other – Specify

3) Parolees incarcerated in order to receive any type of
treatment.

4) Parolees sent back to incarceration pending a revocation,
trial, sentencing, or others.

5) Not known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5) Parolees who have been incarcerated, for whom the reason
was unknown.

c. Absconder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c. Discharged absconders who had failed to report and could
not be located.

d. Transferred to another parole agency . . . . . . . . .

d. Parolees transferred to another agency if they are no longer
in your record system.
f. Specify type of discharge within the categories of other
completions, unsatisfactory, and other.

e. Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
f. Other discharges – Specify each
1) Other completions

1) Other completions are those which did not fully meet the
definition of 3a.
2) Unsatisfactory discharges are those parolees who did not
fulfill all conditions of their supervision or violated the
conditions of their supervision but were not returned to
incarceration (e.g. revocation with immediate
reinstatement). Exclude absconders (3c).

2) Unsatisfactory

3) Other – Specify

g. Not known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
h. Total discharges (Should equal
the sum of items 3a through 3g) . . .
4. The count of adult parolees at yearend 2011. This figure
should equal the population on January 1, plus the total
entering parole in 2011, minus the total discharged from
parole in 2011. (See cover page for persons to INCLUDE
and EXCLUDE.)

4. On December 31, 2011, what was your agency’s
adult parole population?
(Should equal item 1 plus item 2g minus item 3h)
Population on December 31, 2011 . . .
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10. On December 31, 2011, how many adult
parolees in your jurisdiction were —
(See insert for race/ethnicity definitions)

5. Does the total parole population on
December 31, 2011 (reported in item 4)
represent a count of individuals or cases?
(Please mark (X) in one box.)
1

Individuals

2

Cases

a. White (not of Hispanic origin) . . . .
b. Black or African American
(not of Hispanic origin) . . . . . . . . .
c. Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . .

6. On December 31, 2011, were any adult parolees
legally your responsibility being supervised by
another state through an interstate compact
agreement?

d. American Indian/Alaska
Native (not of Hispanic origin) . . .
e. Asian (not of Hispanic origin) . . . .

• Include parolees SENT to another state.
1

b. Are these parolees
included in item 4?
2

f. Native Hawaiian/Other
Pacific Islander (not of
Hispanic origin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes —
a. How many adult parolees
legally your responsibility
were supervised by
another state? . . . . . . . . . .

g. Two or more races (not of
Hispanic origin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yes

h. Additional categories in your
information system – Specify

No

No

7. Does the total parole population on
December 31, 2011, (reported in item 4) include
interstate compact cases supervised by your
agency for another state that could not be
excluded from the total?
1

2

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Yes —
a. How many adult parolees
were being supervised by
your agency for another state
that could not be excluded
from the total? . . . . . . . . . . .
No

i. Not known

j. Total (Sum of items 10a through
10i should equal item 4) . . . . . . . .

11. On December 31, 2011, how many adult
parolees had as their most serious offense —
a. Sex offense
(Include any forcible or nonforcible
sex act. Exclude prostitution,
commercialized vice, and offenses
reported in 11b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Other violent offense
(Exclude sex offenses reported in
11a. Include murder, manslaughter,
robbery, kidnaping, assault, and
other violent offenses) . . . . . . .

8. On December 31, 2011, how many adult
parolees had a maximum sentence to
incarceration of —
a. A year or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. More than a year
c. Not known

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c. Property offense
(Include burglary, larceny,
motor vehicle theft, fraud,
or other property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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d. Drug offense
(Include unlawful possession, sale,
use, distribution, importation,
growing, or manufacturing of
narcotic drugs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

d. Total (Sum of items 8a through
8c should equal item 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9. On December 31, 2011, how many adult
parolees in your jurisdiction were —

e. Weapon offense . . . . . . . . . . . .
f. Other offense – Specify

a. Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c. Not known

g. Not known

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h. Total (Sum of items 11a through
11g should equal item 4) . . . . . . . .

d. Total (Sum of items 9a through
9c should equal item 4) . . . . . . . .

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12. On December 31, 2011, what was the supervision
status of the parolees in your jurisdiction?
• Exclude interstate compact cases you
supervise for another state.

14. On December 31, 2011, how many of the
parolees in your jurisdiction were being
supervised following —
a. Discretionary release from prison
(Persons who entered supervision
as a result of a parole board
decision, Governor’s pardon,
or commutation of sentence) . . . . . . .
b. Mandatory release from prison
(Persons who entered supervision
as a result of a determinate
sentencing statute or good-time
provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a. Active
(Those required to regularly contact
a supervisory parole authority in
person, by mail, by telephone, or
electronically. Exclude those
reported in 12b–12e) . . . . . . . .
b. Only have financial
conditions remaining
(Exclude those reported
in 12a and 12c–12e) . . . . . . . . . . . .

c. Special conditional release from prison
(e.g., medical release, early
release for the terminally ill,
other special release) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
d. Term of supervised release from prison
(Persons who entered as the result
of a sentence by a judge to a fixed
period of incarceration based on a
determinate statute, immediately
followed by a fixed period of
supervised release) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
e. Other – Specify

c. Inactive
(Exclude those reported in
12a–12b and 12d–12e) . . . . . . . . . .
d. Absconder
(Exclude those reported in 12a–12c
and 12e. Include those still on
parole but have failed to report
and cannot be located) . . . . . . . . . .
e. Supervised out of state
(Exclude those reported in 12a–12d.
Include active and inactive parolees
under your jurisdiction who are
supervised by authorities of another
state) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
f. Other – Specify

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f. Not known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

g. Total (Sum of items 14a through
14f should equal item 4) . . . . . . . . . . . .

g. Not known . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

h. Total (Sum of items 12a through
12g should equal item 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13. Does the total parole population on
December 31, 2011, (reported in item 4)
include any persons who were also under
probation supervision, or who were held in jail,
prison, or a U.S. Bureau of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility?
1

15. Does the total parole population on
December 31, 2011, (reported in item 4)
include any parolees who had their location
tracked through a Global Positioning System
(GPS), either directly by your agency or through
a contract?
1

b. How many of the parolees
reported in item 15a (above)
were sex offenders? . . . . . .

Yes —
a. How many were also on
probation supervision? . . . . .
2

b. How many were in local
jails? (Include evening
confinements) . . . . . . . . . . .
c. How many were in a state
or federal prison? . . . . . . . . .
d. How many were in an ICE
holding facility? . . . . . . . . . .
2

Yes —
a. How many parolees were
tracked using GPS? . . . . . .

No

No

Notes and comments – (Please attach additional notes if necessary. Please explain changes in how data are
reported compared with last year.)

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