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Unlocking Justice: Alternatives to Prison

California

TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2011, except ^a 2009, ^b 2010)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail	231,163
Prison Population	149,025
Jail Population	82,138^b
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	394
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	227^b
Probation Population	269,754
Parole Population	111,063
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population)	34,164 (20.0%)^a
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population)	3,679 (N/A)^a
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole	293

GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2011)
Males in Prison	140,972
Females in Prison	8,053

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	6.5:1
Hispanic: White Ratio	1.7:1

JUVENILES IN CUSTODY (2010)
Total Juveniles In Custody	11,532
Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100,000)	271
Committed	6,561
Detained	4,917
Diverted	51

FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2010)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population)	278,477 (1.0%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%)	78,164 (4.1%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail	173,344
Disenfranchised on Parole	105,133
Disenfranchised on Probation	Eligible to vote
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence	Eligible to vote

STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2012)

$9,611

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State Contacts: California

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

http://www.criticalresistance.org

Friends Outside
620 North Aurora Street Stockton CA 95202
phone: (209) 955-0701
fax: (209) 955-0735

http://www.friendsoutside.org

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

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

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

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

Hector Villagra
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

Lynne Lyman
Drug Policy Alliance -- California
3470 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 618 Los Angeles CA 90010
phone: (213) 382-6400
fax: (213) 382-6425

http://www.drugpolicy.org