There are 281 Jails & Prisons in New York, serving a population of 19,798,228 people in an area of 47,113 square miles. There is 1 Jail & Prison per 70,456 people, and 1 Jail & Prison per 167 square miles
The state of New York is ranked 50th in Jails & Prisons per capita, and 15th in Jails & Prisons per square mile.