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Nevada 2018

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The Jail System

Nevada has 20 jails in 17 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 Nevada correctional authorities was 13,641 located in 7 state prisons and 9 Conservation Camps and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 2,475 employees and budget of $339 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Nevada's community corrections population under probation was 13,269 and parole was 6,492.

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
445
Violent Crime Rate
541
Property Crime Rate
2,438
Probationers
559
Parolees
273

Populations

Prison Population
13,641
Parole Population
6,492
Probation Population
13,260

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
16 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
20

Prisons

Employee Positions
2,475
Prison Budget
$339,000,000