NEW : Director : Weak community corrections programs force judges to choose jail . Record one people were in jail , prison or on probation or parole in February . That 's 31 in every 7.3 million people in the U.S. , Pew Center on States found . Blacks one times more likely than whites to be in corrections system , study showed .
NEW : Director : Weak community corrections programs force judges to choose jail . Record 7.3 million people were in jail , prison or on probation or parole in 2007 . That 's one in every 31 people in the U.S. , Pew Center on States found . Blacks four times more likely than whites to be in corrections system , study showed .