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Chart showing which states track and publish rearrest, reconviction, or incarceration for people starting probation. Only a handful of states track any probation recidivism data at all.

Data Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center "50-State Report on Public Safety" at https://50statespublicsafety.us/part-2/strategy-1/action-item-2/. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2020)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020.

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