California


TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2008, except a 2005, b 2009)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail 255,808
Prison Population 173,670
Jail Population 82,138a
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 467
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 227a
Probation Population 325,069
Parole Population 120,753
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population) 34,164 (20.0%)b
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population) 3,679 (N/A)b
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole 239b
GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2008)
Males in Prison 161,220
Females in Prison 11,363
RACE/ETHNICITY-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2005)
White Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 460
Black Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 2,992
Hispanic Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 782
RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (2005)
Black: White Ratio 1.7:1
Hispanic: White Ratio 1.7:1
JUVENILES IN CUSTODY (2006)
Total Juveniles In Custody 15,240
Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100,000) 351
Committed 8,955
Detained 6,120
Diverted 159
FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2004)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population) 283,124 (1.1%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%) 114,305 (7.6%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail 175,544
Disenfranchised on Parole 107,580
Disenfranchised on Probation Eligible to vote
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence Eligible to vote
STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2008) $9,802

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State Contacts: California


Friends Outside
P.O. Box 4085 Stockton CA 95204
phone: (209) 955-0701
fax: (209) 955-0735

http://www.friendsoutside.org


Prison Law Office
San Quentin CA 94964
http://www.prisonlaw.com

Rose Braz
Critical Resistance
1904 Franklin Street #504 Oakland CA 94612
phone: 510-444-0484
fax: 510-444-2177

http://www.criticalresistance.org

Kevin Keenan
ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
P.O. Box 87131 San Diego CA 92138
phone: (619) 232-2121
fax: (619) 232-0036

http://www.aclusandiego.org

Shirley Melnicoe
Northern California Service League
28 Boardman Place San Francisco CA 94103
phone: (415) 863-2323
fax: (415) 863-1882

http://www.norcalserviceleague.org

Alan Schlosser
ACLU of Northern California
39 Drumm Street San Francisco CA 94111
phone: (415) 621-2493
fax: (415) 255-1478
http://www.aclunc.org

Karen Shain
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
1540 Market Street San Francisco CA 94102
phone: (415) 255-7036
fax: (415) 552-3150

http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org

Dolores Thomas
The Center for Children of Incarceration
P.O. Box 41-286 Eagle Rock CA 90041
phone: (626) 449-2470
fax: (626) 449-9001

http://www.e-ccipp.org

Mary Tiedeman
ACLU of Sountern California
1313 West Eighth St Los Angeles CA 90026
phone: (213) 977-9500
fax: (213) 977-5297

http://www.aclu-sc.org

Corey Weinstein
California Prison Focus
1904 North Franklin Street, #507 Oakland CA 94612
phone: (510) 836-7222
fax: (510) 836-7333

http://www.prisons.org