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The Jail System

Virginia has 71 jails in 95 counties. The jail population in 2021 was 21,962.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2021, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Virginia correctional authorities was 30,357 located in 26 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 10,931 employees and a budget of $ 1,359,868,431.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2021, Virginia community corrections population was 61,458 under probation and 1,917 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 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 Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The number of counties per state comes from the United States Census Bureau.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
351
Violent Crime Rate
226
Property Crime Rate
1,449
Probationers
912
Parolees
28

Populations

Prison Population
30,357
Jail Population
21,962
Parole Population
1,917
Probation Population
61,458

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
26 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
71

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 40,752
Employee Positions
10,931
Prison Budget
$1,359,868,431