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California Prison Population Over Time
California Prison Statistics
Total Corrections Population (2019, except a is 2013 and b is 2020)) | |
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Total incarcerated | 204,637 |
Prison population | 122,417 |
Jail population | 82,220a |
Prison incarceration rate (per 100,000) | 310 |
Jail incarceration rate (per 100,000) | 280a |
Probation population | 199,313 |
Parole population | 107,139 |
Life sentences | 39,001 |
(% of prison population) | (31.9)b |
Life without parole | 5,134 |
(% of prison population) | (4.2)b |
Juvenile life without parole | 224b |
Private prison population | 1,134 |
Imprisonment by Gender (2019) | |
Men in prison | 116,929 |
Women in prison | 5,488 |
Imprisonment by Race/Ethnicity (2019) | |
White imprisonment rate (per 100,000) | 175 |
Black imprisonment rate (per 100,000) | 1623 |
Hispanic imprisonment rate (per 100,000) | 353 |
Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Imprisonment (2019) | |
Black : white ratio | 9.3 |
Hispanic : white ratio | 2.0 |
Juveniles in Custody (2015) | |
Total juveniles in custody | 5,463 |
Committed | 2,727 |
Detained | 2,661 |
Diverted | 30 |
Juvenile custody rate (per 100,000) | 30 |
White custody rate (per 100,000) | 66 |
Black custody rate (per 100,000) | 558 |
Latino custody rate (per 100,000) | 146 |
American Indian custody rate (per 100,000) | 220 |
Asian custody rate | 19 |
Felony Disenfranchisement (2020) | |
Disenfranchised population | 243,181 |
(% Disenfranchised) | (0.96) |
Disenfranchised African Americans | 50,360 |
(% Disenfranchised) | (2.94) |
Corrections Expenditures (2019) | |
Corrections expenditures (in millions) | 14,367 |