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Alabama 2018

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The Jail System

Alabama has 132 jails in 67 counties. The jail population in 2018 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2018, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama correctional authorities was 26,841 located in 15 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of over 3,400 employees and budget of $494.9 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Alabama community corrections population was 50,997 under probation and 10,266 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 2018 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
418
Violent Crime Rate
520
Property Crime Rate
2,817
Probationers
1,339
Parolees
270

Populations

Prison Population
26,841
Parole Population
10,266
Probation Population
50,997

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
14 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
132

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 21,991
Employee Positions
3,400
Prison Budget
$494,900,000