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The Jail System

Mississippi has 89 jails in 82 counties. The total jail population in 2017 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of State of Mississippi correctional authorities was 23,813 located in 3 state prisons and held in the custody of private prisons or local jails. The Mississippi Department of Corrections had a staff of 3,039 employees and budget of $337 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2017, the Mississippi community corrections population was 27,820 under probation and 9,392 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 comes from state departments of corrections (DOCs), 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 Prisoner in 2017 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That 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.

Current jail population by state is unavailable. The most recent census was conducted by BJS in 2014.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
619
Violent Crime Rate
285
Property Crime Rate
2,733
Probationers
1,223
Parolees
413

Populations

Prison Population
23,813
Parole Population
9,392
Probation Population
27,820

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
3 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
89

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 17,177
Employee Positions
3,039
Prison Budget
$337,000,000