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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, 2022, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of State of Delaware correctional authorities was 4,954 located in 12 state facilities and held in the custody of private prisons. The Delaware Department of Corrections had a budget of $369,143,000.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2022, Delaware community corrections population was 10,810 under probation and 340 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 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
272
Violent Crime Rate
384
Property Crime Rate
1,964
Probationers
1,210
Parolees
41

Populations

Prison Population
4,954
Parole Population
340
Probation Population
10,810

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
12 facilities

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 90,647
Employee Positions
2,281
Prison Budget
$369,143,000