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The Jail System

Mississippi has 86 jails in 82 counties. The jail population in 2021 was 12,044.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2021, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi correctional authorities was 16,975 located in 24 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Mississippi operated facilities had a budget of $310,898,986.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2021, Mississippi community corrections population was 29,450 under probation and 10,973 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.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
636
Violent Crime Rate
255
Property Crime Rate
1,860
Probationers
1,295
Parolees
485

Populations

Prison Population
16,975
Jail Population
12,044
Parole Population
10,973
Probation Population
29,450

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
24 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
86