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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
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