Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Missouri 2020

the state flag of Missouri

The Jail System

Missouri has 117 jails in 114 counties. The jail population in 2020 was 12,000.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2020, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Missouri correctional authorities was 23,062 located in 21 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Missouri operated facilities had a budget of $790,065,730.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2020, Missouri community corrections population was 38,749 under probation and 20,729 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 Prisoners in 2020 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
374
Probationers
809
Parolees
433

Populations

Prison Population
23,062
Parole Population
20,729
Probation Population
38,749

Facilities

Number of Jail Facilities
117

Prisons

Prison Budget
$790,065,730