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The Jail System

Louisiana has 111 jails in 64 parishes. The jail population in 2019 was 32,730.

The Prison System

As of December 31, 2019, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of the State of Louisiana correctional authorities was 31,609 located in 9 state prisons and held in custody of private prisons or local jails. Louisiana operated facilities had a staff of 4,779 employees and a budget of $734,795,732.

The Community Corrections System

As of December 31, 2019, Louisiana community corrections population was 33,741 under probation and 28,283 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 Prisoner in 2019 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
680
Violent Crime Rate
549
Property Crime Rate
3,162
Probationers
948
Parolees
794

Populations

Prison Population
31,609
Jail Population
32,730
Parole Population
28,283
Probation Population
33,741

Facilities

Number of State Prison Facilities
9 facilities
Number of Jail Facilities
111

Prisons

Cost Per Inmate
$ 30,168
Employee Positions
4,779
Prison Budget
$734,795,732