OK, we know that released inmates have a hard time out there, trying to meet parole conditions. But this new finding is instructive: "offenders who failed to abide by conditions set by a judge or by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole for community supervision accounted for 67 percent of new prison admissions between 2002 and 2012. According to the audit, the state could save an estimated $2.6 million a year if Utah was able to reduce the number of offenders going to prison by just 10 percent."
OK, we know that released inmates have a hard time out there, trying to meet parole conditions. But this new finding is instructive: “offenders who failed to abide by conditions set by a judge or by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole for community supervision accounted for 67 percent of new prison admissions between 2002 and 2012. According to the audit, the state could save an estimated $2.6 million a year if Utah was able to reduce the number of offenders going to prison by just 10 percent.”
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56883340-78/utah-prison-percent-offenders.html.csp