California corrections employees supervised more than 130,000 inmates and parolees at the end of fiscal year 1987-1988, a 16-percent increase in one year. In 1987, the proportion of the parole population arrested for violent offenses declined to 13.5 percent which suggests that early intervention followed by custody, when warranted, has had a positive impact. Approximately 5,500 more prison beds were under construction at the end of fiscal year 1987-1988. The prison construction program has had a positive impact on the ever-present problem of prison overcrowding, but population growth continues to outpace construction. The California Department of Corrections encourages public involvement in the prison system in several ways including volunteer citizen participation in prison programs and services and advisory groups.