County jail inmate population report, 1999 December

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Memorandum

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM:

Tony M. McClung

DATE:

December 2, 1999

SUBJECT:

County Jail Inmate Information Report Changes in County Jails from 1990 1999

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for December 1999. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, December 2, 1999.
In December, 147 of the 147 functional county jails provided inmate informa-tion. This represents 100 percent of the county jails reporting and 100 percent of the State's population. Please note that this represents no change from last month in the percentage of the counties reporting nor in the percentage of the State's population represented.
This month, I am including charts and statistical data showing the changes in county jails during 1999 and from 1990-1999. It is of interest to note that there was a significant slowdown in the number of new beds being added to the county jail system during 1999. This year, only 348 jail beds were added for a total capacity of 28,406. In the preceding two years period (January 1997 until December 1998) counties increased their jail capacity by 5,303 beds. From January 1990 until December 1999 counties increased their jail capacity by 17,426 beds or 159%. As a result, the amount of spending to operate county jails also increased to $235,067,424 during FY 1998. In the pages that follow, additional statistical data is provided.
If you would like the jail report emailed to you rather than receiving a copy in the mail, please notify me by email at tmcclung@dca.state.ga.us.
If you have any questions, please call me at 404-679-4797.
/tmm
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Planning & Codes
Statistical Data on County Jails1 January 1990 - December 1999
The information below shows the changes that occurred from January 1990 until December 1999 in Georgia's county jails. The data represents information as submitted by local Sheriffs' Offices via the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) during the ten (10) year period from 1990-1999. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) then compiles, analyzes and distributes the County Jail Inmate Information Report to interested agencies and organizations.
It is of interest to note that there was a significant slowdown in the number of new beds being added to the county jail system during 1999. This year, only 348 beds were added for a total capacity of 28,406. In the preceding two years period (January 1997 until December 1998) counties increased their jail capacity by 5,303 beds. From January 1990 until December 1999 counties increased their jail capacity by 17,426 beds or 159%. Meanwhile, the number of inmates held in county jails during 1999 varied from a low of 26,473 in June to a high of 28,485 in February. There was also a significant increase in the number of inmates housed in county jails from January 1990 (14,225) until December 1999 (27,487). Another significant increase during the 1990's is the amount of spending on county jails. From FY 1990 until FY 1998, spending on county jails' operations increased by 171%. Furthermore, spending for jail constructions and the purchase of land or equipment for the jails are not included in these figures. For example, during FY 1998 counties spent $58,610,164 on jail construction and $9,435,110 on the purchase of equipment and land for the jail. Again, these two figures ($58,610,164 and $9,435,110) are not included in the total amount spent on county jail operations ($235,067,424) during FY 1998.2
The information that follows shows the changes that have taken place in county jails during the last year and the last decade.
1 Information provided from the monthly jail reports submitted by local Sheriffs' Offices via the Georgia Crime Information Center.
2 Expenditure information provided by Annual Reports of Local Government Finance as reported to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. Financial data for FY 1999 has not been collected yet

County Jail Capacity

January 1999

28,058

December 1999

28,406

Percentage Increase

1.22%

January 1990

10,980

December 1999

28,406

Percentage Increase

158.71%

Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

January 1999

16,570

December 1999

16,891

Percentage Increase

1.94%

January 1990

9,230

Inmates Housed in County Jail January 1999 December 1999 Percentage Increase January 1990 December 1999 Percentage Increase Expenditures on County Jails (Operations)3 January 1999 December 1999 Percentage Increase Georgia's Population Growth4

27,282 27,487 .08% 14,225 27,487 93.23%
$83,738,211 $235,067,424 171.01%

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December 1999 Percentage Increase

16,891 83.01%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions5

January 1999

3,691

December 1999

2,374

Percentage Increase

Decreased

January 1990

2,673

December 1999

2,374

Percentage Increase

Decreased

1990 1998 Percentage Increase

6,478,149 7,642,207 17.97%

3Expenditure information provided by Annual Reports of Local Government Finance as reported to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. These figures only included the cost of jail operations. The figures do not include jail construction cost nor the cost of land purchases and equipment for the jail. Financial data for FY 1999 has not been collected yet.
4Population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. The latest estimate provided by the Census Bureau is 1998, the estimate for 1999 has not been released.
5The number of inmates sentenced to State Institutions has varied widely (see graph) during the 1990's.
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SUMMARY
COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT December 2, 1999

1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES
2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS)
3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING

DECREASED by 295 from 27,782 in November 99 to:
INCREASED by 42 from 28,364 from November 99:

27,487 28,406
97%

4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY*

DECREASED by 6 from 44 from November

38*

99:

5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

INCREASED by 34 from 2,340 in November 99 to:

2,374

6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE

9%

7. NUMBER INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

DECREASED by 126 from 17,017 in November 99 to:

16,891

8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES

61%

9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

DECREASED by 61 from 4,527 in November 99 to:

4,466

10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

16%

11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES

DECREASED by 142 from 3,898 in November 99 to:

3,756

12. PERCENTAGE OF OTHER INMATES

14%

13. PERCENTAGE OF JAILS REPORTING

100%

14. PERCENTAGE OF STATE POPULATION WITH JAILS REPORTING

100%

*This figure does not include jails at 100% or that would exceed 100% if not for the boarding out of inmates. The Georgia Crime Information Center prepares this report for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
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Jurisdiction

Number of

Number of Number of

Inmates

Total Number
of

Inmates

Sentenced to

Inmates

State

Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Serving County Sentence

Number of Other Inmates

Inmates Jail as % of

% of

% of

% of

% of

In Jail Capacity Capacity Number Total Number Total Number Total Number Total

001 APPLING

22

36

61%

4 18% 13 59% 1 5% 4 18%

002 ATKINSON

3

18

17%

2 67% 0 0% 0 0% 1 33%

003 BACON

48

53

91%

1 2% 22 46% 13 27% 12 25%

004 BAKER

3

8

38%

0 0% 3 100% 0 0% 0 0%

005 BALDWIN

141

173

82%

7 5% 93 66% 24 17% 17 12%

006 BANKS

26

30

87%

2 8% 18 69% 1 4% 5 19%

007 BARROW

88

90

98%

4 5% 34 39% 14 16% 36 41%

008 BARTOW

426

401

106%

41 10% 272 64% 51 12% 62 15%

009 BEN HILL

106

136

78%

4 4% 48 45% 3 3% 51 48%

010 BERRIEN

9

28

32%

1 11% 1 11% 7 78% 0 0%

011 BIBB

579

585

99%

32 6% 112 19% 42 7% 393 68%

012 BLECKLEY

9

32

28%

4 44% 4 44% 0 0% 1 11%

013 BRANTLEY

14

23

61%

1 7% 9 64% 0 0% 4 29%

014 BROOKS

35

45

78%

4 11% 10 29% 4 11% 17 49%

015 BRYAN

52

68

76%

2 4% 28 54% 1 2% 21 40%

016 BULLOCH

63

106

59%

8 13% 45 71% 2 3% 8 13%

017 BURKE

69

96

72%

4 6% 37 54% 11 16% 17 25%

018 BUTTS

43

100

43%

5 12% 25 58% 10 23% 3 7%

019 CALHOUN

10

40

25%

5 50% 3 30% 2 20% 0 0%

020 CAMDEN

90

120

75%

2 2% 74 82% 7 8% 7 8%

021 CANDLER

18

72

25%

3 17% 10 56% 1 6% 4 22%

022 CARROLL

266

134

199%

6 2% 128 48% 101 38% 31 12%

023 CATOOSA

67

76

88%

18 27% 38 57% 5 7% 6 9%

024 CHARLTON

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

025 CHATHAM

1351 1224 110% 43 3% 1169 87% 64 5% 75 6%

026 CHATTAHOOCHEE NO JAIL 0

0%

0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

027 CHATTOOGA

41

47

87%

7 17% 24 59% 0 0% 10 24%

028 CHEROKEE

224

125

179%

32 14% 156 70% 22 10% 14 6%

029 CLARKE

334

338

99%

19 6% 170 51% 145 43% 0 0%

030 CLAY

13

16

81%

3 23% 10 77% 0 0% 0 0%

031 CLAYTON

1310

760

172%

85 6% 608 46% 405 31% 212 16%

032 CLINCH

15

26

58%

2 13% 2 13% 2 13% 9 60%

033 COBB

1782 1811

98%

150 8% 1356 76% 238 13% 38 2%

034 COFFEE

156

188

83%

27 17% 110 71% 4 3% 15 10%

035 COLQUITT

108

210

51%

16 15% 33 31% 46 43% 13 12%

036 COLUMBIA

126

91

138%

14 11% 94 75% 18 14% 0

0%

037 COOK

41

30

137%

11 27% 22 54% 3

7%

5 12%

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038 COWETA 039 CRAWFORD 040 CRISP 041 DADE 042 DAWSON 043 DECATUR 044 DEKALB 045 DODGE 046 DOOLY 047 DOUGHERTY 048 DOUGLAS 049 EARLY 050 ECHOLS 051 EFFINGHAM 052 ELBERT 053 EMANUEL 054 EVANS 055 FANNIN 056 FAYETTE 057 FLOYD 058 FORSYTH 059 FRANKLIN 060 FULTON 061 GILMER 062 GLASCOCK 063 GLYNN 064 GORDON 065 GRADY 066 GREENE 067 GWINNETT 068 HABERSHAM 069 HALL 070 HANCOCK 071 HARALSON 072 HARRIS 073 HART 074 HEARD 075 HENRY 076 HOUSTON 077 IRWIN 078 JACKSON 079 JASPER 080 JEFFDAVIS/HAZ 081 JEFFERSON

232 9
162 43 56 71 3058 51 35 757 487 54 NO JAIL 81 68 32 19 35 208 604 133 62 3336 34 NO JAIL 293 149 70 65 1197 63 550 28 58 51 44 14 239 172 22 70 25 58 55

300 22 170 72 53 175 3636 56 37 1080 334 66 0 106 50 32 26 22 88 724 134 72 2320 60 0 344 140 124 64 1035 130 565 80 60 100 50 32 174 257 20 121 64 68 72

77% 41% 95% 60% 106% 41% 84% 91% 95% 70% 146% 82% 0% 76% 136% 100% 73% 159% 236% 83% 99% 86% 144% 57% 0% 85% 106% 56% 102% 116% 48% 97% 35% 97% 51% 88% 44% 137% 67% 110% 58% 39% 85% 76%

16 7% 134 58% 82 35% 0 0% 2 22% 6 67% 1 11% 0 0% 17 10% 102 63% 14 9% 29 18% 7 16% 7 16% 3 7% 26 60% 3 5% 32 57% 17 30% 4 7% 9 13% 41 58% 5 7% 16 23% 165 5% 2355 77% 416 14% 122 4% 15 29% 34 67% 2 4% 0 0% 2 6% 29 83% 3 9% 1 3% 40 5% 434 57% 259 34% 24 3% 35 7% 349 72% 90 18% 13 3% 9 17% 29 54% 3 6% 13 24% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 5 6% 62 77% 7 9% 7 9% 17 25% 35 51% 13 19% 3 4% 10 31% 15 47% 7 22% 0 0% 0 0% 9 47% 0 0% 10 53% 9 26% 20 57% 4 11% 2 6% 23 11% 87 42% 98 47% 0 0% 31 5% 85 14% 184 30% 304 50% 22 17% 78 59% 28 21% 5 4% 8 13% 24 39% 17 27% 13 21% 92 3% 2516 75% 385 12% 343 10% 6 18% 24 71% 4 12% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 11 4% 197 67% 1 0% 84 29% 54 36% 62 42% 26 17% 7 5% 7 10% 44 63% 16 23% 3 4% 19 29% 28 43% 2 3% 16 25% 128 11% 644 54% 176 15% 249 21% 3 5% 48 76% 8 13% 4 6% 73 13% 244 44% 123 22% 110 20% 2 7% 20 71% 5 18% 1 4% 8 14% 7 12% 40 69% 3 5% 3 6% 35 69% 8 16% 5 10% 6 14% 16 36% 17 39% 5 11% 9 64% 4 29% 1 7% 0 0% 22 9% 167 70% 45 19% 5 2% 13 8% 139 81% 20 12% 0 0% 3 14% 14 64% 4 18% 1 5% 13 19% 44 63% 5 7% 8 11% 4 16% 10 40% 3 12% 8 32% 13 22% 33 57% 1 2% 11 19% 3 5% 50 91% 2 4% 0 0%

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082 JENKINS 083 JOHNSON 084 JONES 085 LAMAR 086 LANIER 087 LAURENS 088 LEE 089 LIBERTY 090 LINCOLN 091 LONG 092 LOWNDES 093 LUMPKIN 094 MCDUFFIE 095 MCINTOSH 096 MACON 097 MADISON 098 MARION 099 MERIWETHER 100 MILLER 101 MITCHELL 102 MONROE 103 MONTGOMERY 104 MORGAN 105 MURRAY 106 MUSCOGEE 107 NEWTON 108 OCONEE 109 OGLETHORPE 110 PAULDING 111 PEACH 112 PICKENS 113 PIERCE 114 PIKE 115 POLK 116 PULASKI 117 PUTNAM 118 QUITMAN 119 RABUN 120 RANDOLPH 121 RICHMOND 122 ROCKDALE 123 SCHLEY 124 SCREVEN 125 SEMINOLE

17

24

12

12

65

125

100

142

21

10

252

270

39

20

107

112

49

74

NO JAIL 0

465

606

52

36

129

217

16

20

43

68

20

7

22

22

76

106

18

24

85

116

58

51

NO JAIL 0

39

120

90

78

801

572

185

161

30

32

18

18

179

244

38

88

36

44

46

72

17

18

156

136

11

13

94

120

NO JAIL 0

21

36

27

32

746

910

252

228

5

12

36

24

38

54

71% 100% 52% 70% 210% 93% 195% 96% 66%
0% 77% 144% 59% 80% 63% 286% 100% 72% 75% 73% 114% 0% 33% 115% 140% 115% 94% 100% 73% 43% 82% 64% 94% 115% 85% 78% 0% 58% 84% 82% 111% 42% 150% 70%

2 12% 3 18% 5 29% 7 41% 0 0% 7 58% 0 0% 5 42% 14 22% 17 26% 11 17% 23 35% 11 11% 31 31% 11 11% 47 47% 5 24% 8 38% 1 5% 7 33% 17 7% 113 45% 33 13% 89 35% 0 0% 29 74% 9 23% 1 3% 18 17% 66 62% 8 7% 15 14% 2 4% 8 16% 10 20% 29 59% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 37 8% 324 70% 44 9% 60 13% 6 12% 36 69% 10 19% 0 0% 11 9% 44 34% 38 29% 36 28% 3 19% 8 50% 0 0% 5 31% 2 5% 29 67% 5 12% 7 16% 2 10% 13 65% 1 5% 4 20% 10 45% 12 55% 0 0% 0 0% 6 8% 34 45% 12 16% 24 32% 1 6% 8 44% 6 33% 3 17% 8 9% 49 58% 16 19% 12 14% 1 2% 38 66% 19 33% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 15 38% 13 33% 5 13% 6 15% 2 2% 28 31% 9 10% 51 57% 103 13% 487 61% 63 8% 148 18% 79 43% 87 47% 5 3% 14 8% 10 33% 16 53% 0 0% 4 13% 0 0% 5 28% 1 6% 12 67% 2 1% 72 40% 35 20% 70 39% 4 11% 18 47% 4 11% 12 32% 4 11% 27 75% 5 14% 0 0% 0 0% 16 35% 0 0% 30 65% 6 35% 10 59% 1 6% 0 0% 5 3% 96 62% 46 29% 9 6% 5 45% 5 45% 1 9% 0 0% 18 19% 30 32% 3 3% 43 46% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 4 19% 2 10% 9 43% 6 29% 8 30% 15 56% 0 0% 4 15% 83 11% 433 58% 127 17% 103 14% 27 11% 154 61% 63 25% 8 3% 2 40% 3 60% 0 0% 0 0% 5 14% 21 58% 4 11% 6 17% 20 53% 10 26% 4 11% 4 11%

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126 SPALDING 127 STEPHENS 128 STEWART 129 SUMTER 130 TALBOT 131 TALIAFERO 132 TATTNALL 133 TAYLOR 134 TELFAIR 135 TERRELL 136 THOMAS 137 TIFT 138 TOOMBS 139 TOWNS
140 TREUTLEN 141 TROUP 142 TURNER 143 TWIGGS 144 UNION (INCLUDES
TOWNS) 145 UPSON 146 WALKER 147 WALTON 148 WARE 149 WARREN 150 WASHINGTON 151 WAYNE 152 WEBSTER 153 WHEELER 154 WHITE 155 WHITFIELD 156 WILCOX 157 WILKES 158 WILKINSON 159 WORTH
Grand Totals

318 75 10 162 12 NO JAIL 46 22 12 24 155 166 96 SEE UNION 16 280 45 80 39
96 147 116 136 NO JAIL 37 69 NO JAIL 11 24 127 16 50 18 33 27,487

356 102 12 262 22
0 46 25 36 42 240 260 128 0
18 240 102 48 38
58 100 112 121
0 51 50 0 18 64 124 16 80 44 46 28,406

89% 74% 83% 62% 55% 0% 100% 88% 33% 57% 65% 64% 75% 0%
89% 117% 44% 167% 103%
166% 147% 104% 112%
0% 73% 138% 0% 61% 38% 102% 100% 63% 41% 72% 97%

29 9% 229 72% 58 18% 2 1% 3 4% 32 43% 29 39% 11 15% 5 50% 3 30% 0 0% 2 20% 13 8% 115 71% 34 21% 0 0% 3 25% 6 50% 3 25% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 12 26% 31 67% 1 2% 2 4% 7 32% 13 59% 0 0% 2 9% 3 25% 9 75% 0 0% 0 0% 3 13% 18 75% 0 0% 3 13% 18 12% 61 39% 26 17% 50 32% 16 10% 48 29% 59 36% 43 26% 30 31% 57 59% 4 4% 5 5% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%

1 6% 13 81% 2 13% 0 0% 34 12% 202 72% 17 6% 27 10% 6 13% 11 24% 1 2% 27 60% 0 0% 0 0% 40 50% 40 50% 3 8% 20 51% 8 21% 8 21%

18 18 38 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 25 0 8 1 6 2,374

19% 12% 33% 2% 0% 5% 6% 0% 0% 4% 20% 0% 16% 6% 18% 9%

51 59 55 111 0 23 53 0 9 19 77 11 13 8 15 16,891

53% 40% 47% 82% 0% 62% 77% 0% 82% 79% 61% 69% 26% 44% 45% 61%

23 58 15 22 0 4 0 0 1 4 23 0 15 3 0 4,466

24% 39% 13% 16% 0% 11% 0% 0% 9% 17% 18% 0% 30% 17% 0% 16%

4 12 8 0 0 8 12 0 1 0 2 5 14 6 12 3,756

4% 8% 7% 0% 0% 22% 17% 0% 9% 0% 2% 31% 28% 33% 36% 14%

(1)-Towns County inmates are housed in Union County

Source: Prepared for the Department of Community Affairs by the Georgia Crime Information Center.

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