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The Jail System

Minnesota has 82 jails in 87 counties. The jail population in 2020 was 7,070.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota correctional authorities was 8,148 located in 11 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Minnesota operated facilities had a staff of 4,384 employees and a budget of $632,104,000.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2020, Minnesota community corrections population was 85,254 under probation and 7,359 under parole.

Methodology

The National Institute of Corrections depends on publicly available information to provide the information on this page.

The statistics for budgets, employee positions, and state prison facilities data come from state departments of corrections, other state reports and state agencies. If data is missing for a state, then we were unable to find that information.

The data on prison population and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoners in 2020 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The report includes the count of prisoners in the unified systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Violent and property crime rates are provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
189
Probationers
1,952
Parolees
169

Populations

Prison Population
8,148
Probation Population
85,254

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
11 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
82

Prisons

Employee Positions
4,384
Prison Budget
$632,104,000