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The Prison System and The Jail System

Connecticut has a unified system which means there is an integrated state-level prison and jail system. There are six states with unified systems. They are: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

As of December 31, 2018, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of State of Connecticut correctional authorities was 13,681 located in 14 state facilities and held in the custody of private prisons. The Connecticut Department of Corrections had a budget of $627.6 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Connecticut community corrections population was 38,668 under probation and 4,452 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
252
Violent Crime Rate
207
Property Crime Rate
1,681
Probationers
1,362
Parolees
157

Populations

Prison Population
13,681
Parole Population
4,452
Probation Population
38,668

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
14 facilities

Prisons

Prison Budget
$627,622,000