THE TOTAL POPULATION SUPERVISED BY THE WISCONSIN DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS ROSE BY ONLY 305 CASES, OR 1.2 PERCENT, IN FISCAL YEAR 1979, FROM 25,603 CASES ON JULY 1, 1978, TO 25,908 CASES ON JUNE 30, 1979. INSTITUTIONAL POPULATIONS DECLINED 1.5 PERCENT, FROM 4,011 TO 3,952; COMMUNITY-SUPERVISED POPULATIONS ROSE .6 PERCENT, FROM 19,050 TO 19,162, AND THE NUMBER OF ABSCONDERS ROSE 9.9 PERCENT, FROM 2,542 TO 2,794. TABLES PRESENT DATA FOR TOTAL INSTITUTION AND COMMUNITY POPULATIONS FORM 1975 TO 1979; INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION, BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION AND SEX, 1975-79; COMMUNITY SUPERVISION POPULATIONS; COMMUNITY SUPERVISION POPULATIONS BY PROBATION AND PAROLE; TOTAL PROBATION CASES BY TYPE AND SEX; TOTAL PAROLE AND JUVENILE AFTERCARE CASES BY TYPE AND SEX; AND OTHER INFORMATION. OTHER TABLES GIVE DATA FOR ADULT INSTITUTIONS, JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS, PROBATION AND PAROLE SERVICES, PROBATION AND ABSCONDER, AND THE BUREAU OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS. FOOTNOTES ARE INCLUDED. (PRG)