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New Jersey 2018

The Jail System

New Jersey has 19 jails in 21 counties. The jail population in 2018 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2018, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey correctional authorities was 19,362 located in 9 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a budget of $920 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, New Jersey community corrections population under probation was 131,347 and parole 14,967.

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 2018 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
217
Violent Crime Rate
208
Property Crime Rate
1,405
Probationers
1,885
Parolees
215

Populations

Prison Population
19,362
Parole Population
14,967
Probation Population
131,347

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
9 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
19

Prisons

Prison Budget
$920,000,000