Virginia


TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2008, except a 2005, b 2009)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail 64,700
Prison Population 38,276
Jail Population 26,424a
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 489
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 349a
Probation Population 53,614
Parole Population 4,471
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population) 2,145 (5.8%)b
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population) 774 (N/A)b
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole 28b
GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2008)
Males in Prison 35,249
Females in Prison 2,967
RACE/ETHNICITY-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2005)
White Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 396
Black Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 2,331
Hispanic Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000) 487
RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (2005)
Black: White Ratio 1.2:1
Hispanic: White Ratio 1.2:1
JUVENILES IN CUSTODY (2006)
Total Juveniles In Custody 2,310
Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100,000) 283
Committed 1,455
Detained 849
Diverted 6
FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2004)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population) 377,847 (6.8%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%) 208,343 (19.8%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail 37,325
Disenfranchised on Parole 5,158
Disenfranchised on Probation 37,463
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence 297,901
STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2008) $1,469

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State Contacts: Virginia

Gail Arnall
Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington County
1400 N. Uhle Street, Suite 704, Arlington, VA 22201
phone: (703) 228-7030
fax: (703) 228-3981

http://www.oaronline.org

Jean Auldridge
Virginia CURE
P.O. Box 6010 Alexandria, VA 22320-0307
phone: (703) 765-6549
fax: (703) 272-3624

http://www.vacure.org

Rebecca Glenberg
ACLU of Virginia
530 East Main Street, Suite 310, Richmond, VA 23219
phone: (804) 644-8022
fax: (804) 649-2733

http://www.acluva.org

Edward A. Hailes
The Advancement Project
1220 L Street, NW Suite 850 Washington DC 20005
phone: (202) 728-9557
fax: (202) 728-9558

http://www.advancementproject.org

Barbara Slayden
Offender Aid and Restoration of Richmond, Inc.
1 N. 3rd Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219
phone: (804) 643-2746
fax: (804) 643-1187

http://www.oarric.org

Patricia Smith
Offender Aid and Restoration of Charlottesville/Albemarle
750 Harris Street, Suite 207, Charlottesville, VA 22903
phone: (434) 296-2441
fax: (434) 979-4038