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The Jail System

Main has 13 jails in 16 counties. The total jail population in 2017 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of State of Maine correctional authorities was 2,371 located in 7 state prisons and held in the custody of local jails. The Maine Department of Correction had a staff of 1,317 employees and budget of $186,054,417.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2017, the Maine community corrections population was 6,769 under probation and 20 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 comes from state departments of corrections (DOCs), 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 2017 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). That 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.

Current jail population by state is unavailable. The most recent census was conducted by BJS in 2014.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
134
Violent Crime Rate
121
Property Crime Rate
1,507
Probationers
623
Parolees
2

Populations

Prison Population
2,371
Parole Population
20
Probation Population
6,769

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
7 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
13

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 43,773
Employee Positions
1,317
Prison Budget
$186,054,417