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Can a change of address land you in state prison? If you’re on parole in Pennsylvania, it can.

Pennsylvania has the nation's second-biggest population in prison, or on probation and parole. That’s not only expensive, critics say, but creates a dire cycle of mass incarceration.

Nijha Green leaves the probation office on Market Street after meeting with his probation officer the day after being released from prison on Oct. 8, 2019.
Nijha Green leaves the probation office on Market Street after meeting with his probation officer the day after being released from prison on Oct. 8, 2019.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer