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Pennsylvania 2019

The Jail System

Pennsylvania has 73 jails in 67 counties. The jail population in 2019 was 31,790.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2019, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania correctional authorities was 45,702 located in 24 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 15,000 employees and a budget of $2,628,500,000.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2019, Pennsylvania's community corrections population was 172,052 under probation and 105,938 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 (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 2019 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
355
Violent Crime Rate
306
Property Crime Rate
1,403
Probationers
1,690
Parolees
1,041

Populations

Prison Population
45,702
Jail Population
31,790
Parole Population
105,938
Probation Population
172,052

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
24 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
73

Prisons

Employee Positions
15,000
Prison Budget
$2,628,500,000