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Maine 2019

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The Jail System

Maine has 13 jails in 16 counties. The jail population in 2019 was 1,710.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2019, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Maine correctional authorities was 2,185 located in 6 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Maine operated facilities with a budget of $190,489,256.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2019, Maine community corrections population was 6,568 under probation and 19 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 come from state departments of corrections, 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 2019 report released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The 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.

Rates (Per 100K)

Incarceration Rate
146
Violent Crime Rate
1,548
Property Crime Rate
1,246
Probationers
598
Parolees
2

Populations

Prison Population
2,185
Jail Population
1,710
Parole Population
19
Probation Population
6,568

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
6 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
13

Prisons

Prison Budget
$190,489,256