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One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.

It tells of a few weeks in the life of Jim Dixon, a young history don, from a background like Amis's, who is on probation at a provincial university, and who gets into various kinds of misunderstandings while carrying on with two girls, one cool and pretty, one needy and plain.

PAGE A12 HIGH COST OF CRIMINAL CORRECTIONS According to a study by the Pew Center on the States, criminal correction spending is outpacing budget growth in education, transportation and public assistance, and one in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008.

The lowest wage at the restaurants is $10.25 an hour, after a three-month probation at $9.25 an hour.

Despite finding money for this huge investment in the prison system, the Ministry of Justice has pledged just £40m in extra funding for the severely overstretched probation service, at a time when probation budgets are being cut by an estimated £60m in 2008-2009, cuthathareare therefore only partially rescinded by this "extra" funding.

Nakoula, 55, was interviewed by federal probation officers at a Los Angeles sheriff's station but was not arrested or detained, authorities said early Saturday.

The man, who had also worked at the McDonald's, was on probation at the time for a 1996 burglary of a Manhattan fast food restaurant.

Mr. Esquivel, on probation at the time for a 2006 drunken-driving conviction, had been drinking at a Saturday night dance held at a Hempstead Union Free School District building and hosted by the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the police said.

Oliver was on probation at the time for a felony offense, and she didn't realize at she was violating a North Carolina law that bars felons from voting while on probation.

He was also on probation at the time for an assault charge.

At the same time, the report said, there were 4,073,987 Americans on probation at the end of last year, an increase of 1.2percentt from the end of 2002, and 774,588 on parole, up 3.1percentt.