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Overview of Tennessee's Correctional System Tennessee

The Jail System

Tennessee has 95 counties with 107 jail facilties. Combined rated capacity of jails 22,253. A jail standards and inspection program is operated by the Tennessee Corrections Institute.

The Prison System

There were 26,267 state prison inmates in Tennessee in 2007. The Dept. of Correction manages 12 prisons in the state system and 3 others are privately operated. The DOC has 5,045 staff.

The Community Corrections System

The Div. of Field Services, Bd. Of Probation & Parole, supervises 56,179 probationers and 10,496 parolees.
2007 Crime Rate for Tennessee
The crime rate in Tennessee is about 23% higher than the national average rate. Property crimes account for around 84.4% of the crime rate in Tennessee which is 20% higher than the national rate. The remaining 20.2% are violent crimes and are about 38% higher than other states. The following graph shows how Tennessee compared to the rest of the states.

State Crime Rates (Per 100,000 People)

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Tennessee National Avg.
Crime Rates (2007) 4,840 3,731
Violent Crimes 753 467
Property Crimes 4,087 3,264
2004 Corrections Population
Tennessee has 117,428 adults under correctional supervision (prisons, jails, probation, and parole). The supervision rate (number of offenders per 100,000 people) is about 20% lower than the national rate.

State Population Rates (Per 100,000 People)

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Tennessee National Avg.
Population Rate (2004) 2,054 2,572
2007 Incarceration Information
Tennessee has a rate 5% lower than than the national average of incarcerated adults per 100,000.

Incarceration Rate (Per 100,000)

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Tennessee National Avg.
Incarceration Rate (2007) 424 447
2007 Probationers
Tennessee has a rate 36% lower than than the national average number of probationers per 100,000 people.

Probationers (Per 100,000)

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Tennessee National Avg.
Probationer Rate (2007) 1,190 1,863
2007 Parolees
Tennessee has a rate 30% lower than than the national average number of parolees per 100,000 people.

Parolees (Per 100,000)

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Tennessee National Avg.
Parolee Rate (2007) 222 319
2008 Corrections Percentage of Total State Government Expenditures
Taxpayers paid 18% lower than than the national average in 2008.

Percentage Spent on Corrections

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Tennessee National Avg.
% Spent on Corrections (2008) 5.5% 6.7%

Data Sources:

  • The PEW Center on the States
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  • American Jail Assoc.
  • American Correctional Assoc.
  • State Government Websites
  • State-provided information
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