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Arizona 2018

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The Jail System

Arizona has 22 jails in 15 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 Arizona correctional authorities was 42,005 located in 14 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 9,786 employees and budget of $1.182 billion.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Arizona community corrections population was 76,844 under probation and 7,536 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
559
Violent Crime Rate
475
Property Crime Rate
2,677
Probationers
1,375
Parolees
135

Populations

Prison Population
42,005
Parole Population
7,536
Probation Population
76,844

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
14 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
22

Prisons

Employee Positions
9,786
Prison Budget
$1,182,000,000