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Minnesota 2018

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The Jail System

Minnesota has 82 jails in 87 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 Minnesota correctional authorities was 10,101 located in 10 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. State operated facilities had a staff of 4,300 employees and budget of $654 million.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2018, Minnesota community corrections population was 100,076 under probation and 7,381 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
179
Violent Crime Rate
220
Property Crime Rate
1,994
Probationers
2,312
Parolees
171

Populations

Prison Population
10,101
Parole Population
7,381
Probation Population
100,076

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
10 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
82

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 36,865
Employee Positions
4,300
Prison Budget
$654,000,000