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Wisconsin 2017

The Jail System

Wisconsin has 76 jails in 72 counties. The jail population in 2017 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Wisconsin correctional authorities was 23,926 located in 24 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 7,775 employees.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2017, Wisconsin's community corrections population was 43,957 under probation and 20,817 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
391
Violent Crime Rate
320
Property Crime Rate
1,808
Probationers
963
Parolees
460

Populations

Prison Population
23,926
Parole Population
20,817
Probation Population
43,957

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
24 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
76

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 39,551
Employee Positions
7,775
Prison Budget
$1,243,000,000