California Prison Population Over Time
California Prison Statistics
Total Corrections Population (2019, except a is 2013 and b is 2020)) |
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 |