← Connecticut in the data room ← Full 50-state ranking

Prisons and jails in Connecticut

Connecticut has 15 prisons and jails: 0.3% of the US total of 4,960. That ranks #46 by count and #51 per person (0.41 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

#51

national rank (per capita)

prisons and jails

0.41

per 100k residents

The data

Source: HIFLD Prison Boundaries (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), final release, 2025. Each facility at the centre of its boundary. The Prison Policy Initiative counts 5,077 facilities (2026); counts differ by which kinds of facility are included.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

Connecticut: 15 rows (CSV)All of the US (CSV)

Put this map on your website — free

Local blogs, news sites, parks pages: embed the live interactive map with one snippet. Attribution stays on, that's the whole deal.

<iframe src="https://get-instamaps.com/embed/rankings/prisons-jails/connecticut" width="100%" height="440" style="border:2px solid #111" loading="lazy" title="Connecticut prisons and jails map — InstaMaps"></iframe>

Named prisons and jails in Connecticut include

Bridgeport Correctional Center · New Haven Correctional Center · York Correctional Institution · Garner Correctional Institution · FCI Danbury · FCI Danbury Camp · Corrigan Correctional Center · Cheshire Correctional Institution · Plainfield Police Department · Brooklyn Correctional Institution · Hartford Correctional Center · Macdougall-Walker Correctional Institution

Cite this

"Connecticut has 15 prisons and jails, #46 in the US by count and #51 per person (HIFLD Prison Boundaries, 2025, mapped by InstaMaps)." Free to quote with a link to this page. Population: US Census 2024 estimates.