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The Jail System

Michigan has 88 jails in 83 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 Michigan correctional authorities was 38,761 located in 20 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 11,941 employees and budget of $2 billion.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Michigan's community corrections population was 157,456 under probation and 15,722 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
387
Violent Crime Rate
449
Property Crime Rate
1,654
Probationers
2,016
Parolees
201

Populations

Prison Population
38,761
Parole Population
15,722
Probation Population
157,456

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
20 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
88

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 31,222
Employee Positions
11,941
Prison Budget
$2,000,000,000