The Prison System and The Jail System
Delaware has a unified system, which means there is an integrated state-level prison and jail system. There are six states with unified systems. They are: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
As of December 31, 2021, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of State of Delaware correctional authorities was 4,810 located in 12 state facilities. The Delaware Department of Corrections had a staff of 2,500 employees and a budget of $350 million.
The Community Corrections System
As of December 31, 2021, Delaware community corrections population was 9,531 under probation and 9,530 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, county numbers, 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 come from the Prisoner in 2021 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 Vera Institute.