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The Jail System

New York has 62 jails in 62 counties. The jail population in 2020 was 20,500.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of New York correctional authorities was 34,128 located in 52 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 28,803 employees and a budget of $3,623,062,000.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2020, New Mexico community corrections population was 76,323 under probation and 43,979 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
177
Probationers
499
Parolees
287

Populations

Prison Population
34,128
Jail Population
20,500
Parole Population
43,979
Probation Population
76,323

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
52 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
62

Prisons

Employee Positions
28,803
Prison Budget
$3,623,062,000