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The Jail System

Louisiana has 111 jails in 64 parishes. The jail population in 2020 was 32,730.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana correctional authorities was 26,964 located in 8 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Louisiana operated facilities had a staff of 4,779 employees and a budget of $614,476,380.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2020, Louisiana community corrections population was 27,898 under probation and 21,566 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
581
Probationers
783
Parolees
605

Populations

Prison Population
26,964
Parole Population
21,566
Probation Population
27,898

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
8 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
111

Prisons

Employee Positions
4,779
Prison Budget
$614,476,380