Individuals who are under community supervision can return to incarceration for a technical violation, for committing a new crime, or a combination of the two. Anyone who was returned to incarceration for a technical violation as well as for committing a new crime was categorized as returning for committing a new crime, resulting in two categories as a reason for return: technical violation or new crime. 

In FY24, returns to incarceration due to technical violations slightly increased, with the yearly average rising to 48 per month, up from 47 in FY23. Returns due to technical violations constituted 60% of all returns to incarceration from community supervision in FY24, a decrease from 62% in FY23.

For information containing total returns to incarceration from field supervision and comparisons of returns by technical violation and new crime(s), see Community Supervision Returns: Total.