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Louisiana 2018

The Jail System

Louisiana has 111 jails in 64 parishes. 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 Louisiana correctional authorities was 32,397 located in 9 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 5,006 employees and budget of $734.7 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Louisiana community corrections population was 35,025 under probation and 29,321 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
695
Violent Crime Rate
538
Property Crime Rate
3,276
Probationers
983
Parolees
823

Populations

Prison Population
32,397
Parole Population
29,321
Probation Population
35,025

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
9 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
111

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 21,849
Employee Positions
5,006
Prison Budget
$734,700,000