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

Data Source: See the Data sources & methodology section of the full Whole Pie report. (Graph: Peter Wagner, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025.

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