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‘Punishment should not be endless.’ Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf urges lawmakers to reform probation.

Counting jail, prison, probation, and parole, Pennsylvania now has the nation’s second-highest rate of people under correctional control. Probation and parole account for three-quarters of that — a phenomenon critics of mass incarceration call “mass supervision.”

Joseph Kamara looks after his sister, Jolina Doue, in front of their Northeast Philadelphia home earlier this month. Kamara is on probation for two years, and meets regularly with his probation officer.
Joseph Kamara looks after his sister, Jolina Doue, in front of their Northeast Philadelphia home earlier this month. Kamara is on probation for two years, and meets regularly with his probation officer.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer