Fact Sheets
Featured Video
  • National Press Club Forum: A 25-Year Vision for Criminal Justice Reform
  • Unlocking Justice: Alternatives to Prison
State Contacts

New York


TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2011, except a 2009, b 2010)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail 84,797
Prison Population 55,262
Jail Population 29,535b
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 283
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 153b
Probation Population 111,908
Parole Population 47,243
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population) 11,147 (18.0%)a
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population) 190 (N/A)a
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole 0
GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2011)
Males in Prison 52,973
Females in Prison 2,289
RACE/ETHNICITY-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2005)
White Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 174
Black Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 1,627
Hispanic Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 778
RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (2005)
Black: White Ratio 9.4:1
Hispanic: White Ratio 4.5:1
JUVENILES IN CUSTODY (2010)
Total Juveniles In Custody 2,637
Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100,000) 179
Committed 2,097
Detained 513
Diverted 21
FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2010)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population) 108,133 (0.7%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%) 51,318 (2.1%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail 59,591
Disenfranchised on Parole 48,542
Disenfranchised on Probation Eligible to vote
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence Eligible to vote
STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2012) $3,175

Back to map

State Contacts: New York


The Osborne Association
809 Westchester Avenue Bronx NY 10455
phone: (718) 707-2600
fax: (718) 707-3105

http://www.osborneny.org

Ithaca Central Intake
Prisoners' Legal Service of New York
102 Prospect Street Ithaca NY 14850
http://www.plsny.org

Georgia Lerner
Women's Prison Association
110 Second Avenue New York NY 10003
phone: (646) 292-7740
fax: (646) 292-7763

http://www.wpaonline.org

Donna Lieberman
New York CLU
125 Broadway Street, 19th Floor New York NY 10004
phone: (212) 607-3300
fax: (212) 607-3318
http://www.nyclu.org

Glenn Martin
Fortune Society
29-76 Northern Blvd. Long Island City NY 11101
phone: (212) 691-7554
fax: (327) 510-3451

http://www.fortunesociety.org

Kate Rubin
Reentry Net
860 Courtland Avenue Bronx, NY 10451
phone: (718) 838-7869

http://www.reentry.net/ny

Soffiyah Elijah
Correctional Association of New York
2090 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Suite 200 New York NY 10027
phone: (212) 254-5700
fax: (212) 473-2807
http://www.correctionalassociation.org

gabriel sayegh
Drug Policy Alliance -- New York
131 West 33rd St., 15th Floor New York NY
phone: (212) 613-8020
fax: (212) 613-8021