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New York 2018

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The Jail System

New York has 62 jails in 62 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 New York correctional authorities was 46,636 located in 54 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 19,094 employees and budget of $2.84 billion.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, New York's community corrections population was 94,542 under probation and 45,192 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
239
Violent Crime Rate
350
Property Crime Rate
1,440
Probationers
611
Parolees
292

Populations

Prison Population
46,636
Jail Population
24,271
Parole Population
45,192
Probation Population
94,542

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
54 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
62

Prisons

Employee Positions
19,094
Prison Budget
$2,840,000,000