Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Wisconsin 2018

The state flag of Wisconsin

The Jail System

Wisconsin has 76 jails in 72 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 Wisconsin correctional authorities was 24,064 located in 24 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 10,124 employees and budget of $1.243‬ billion.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Wisconsin's community corrections population under probation was 42,909 and parole was 21,015.

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
391
Violent Crime Rate
295
Property Crime Rate
1,560
Probationers
943
Parolees
462

Populations

Prison Population
24,064
Parole Population
21,015
Probation Population
42,909

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
24 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
76

Prisons

Employee Positions
10,124
Prison Budget
$1,243,000,000