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Alabama 2022

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The Jail System

Alabama has 124 jails in 67 counties. The jail population in 2022 was 15,652.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2022, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama correctional authorities was 26,421 located in 14 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a budget of $571,375,435.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2022, Alabama community corrections population was 42,260 under probation and 7,400 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 and incarcerate rate come from the Prisoners in 2022 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
390
Violent Crime Rate
409
Property Crime Rate
1,739
Probationers
1,116
Parolees
186

Populations

Prison Population
26,421
Jail Population
15,652
Parole Population
7,400
Probation Population
42,260

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
14 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
124

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 32,977
Employee Positions
3,042
Prison Budget
$571,375,435