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The Jail System

Montana has 37 jails in 56 counties. The jail population in 2018 is unavailable.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2018, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Montana correctional authorities was 3,765 located in 5 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 1400 employees and budget of $208,133,400.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Montana's community corrections population was 9917 under probation and 1461 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
353
Violent Crime Rate
374
Property Crime Rate
2,496
Probationers
1,184
Parolees
174

Populations

Prison Population
3,765
Parole Population
1,461
Probation Population
9,917

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
5 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
37

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 42,763
Employee Positions
1,400
Prison Budget
$208,133,400