Would the statement According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections one of every three offenders released on parole will return to prison within 18 months and that is why South Carolina Has the highest inmate population per capita in the United States be considered siting my scources in an APA style paper?
No. APA citing requires the author and date for a paraphrase and the author, date, and page or paragraph number for a direct quote. If this is a paraphrase AND the author of the article is the South Carolina Department of Corrections (replace Year with the four digit year that the article was published in): According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections (Year) one of every three offenders released on parole will return to prison within 18 months and that is why South Carolina Has the highest inmate population per capita in the United States. If this is a paraphrase AND the author of the article is someone other than the South Carolina Department of Corrections (replace Year with the four digit year that the article was published in): According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections one of every three offenders released on parole will return to prison within 18 months and that is why South Carolina Has the highest inmate population per capita in the United States (AuthorLastName, Year).
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