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The Jail System

North Carolina has 97 jails in 100 counties. The jail population in 2017 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina correctional authorities was 33,693 located in 57 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 25,300 employees and budget of $2.3 Billion.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2017, North Carolina's community corrections population was 82,199 under probation and 13,802 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
341
Violent Crime Rate
364
Property Crime Rate
2,545
Probationers
1,024
Parolees
172

Populations

Prison Population
36,693
Parole Population
13,802
Probation Population
82,199

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
57 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
97

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 36,219
Employee Positions
25,300
Prison Budget
$2,300,000,000