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Probation Performance: How Arizona’s County Probation Departments Increased Public Safety While Saving Taxpayers Millions
March 16, 2017
By CSG Justice Center Staff
Arizona spent $100 million annually in 2008 to revoke people from probation to state prison. After adopting new evidence-based policies and practices, revocations are down 29 percent and new felony convictions by probationers have dropped by 21 percent, saving taxpayers more than $392 million over the past eight years.
