Public Safety Information
Memorandum
TO:
Interested Persons
FROM:
Tony M. McClung
DATE:
April 14, 2000
SUBJECT: County Jail Report - April 2000
Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for April 2000. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, April 6, 2000.
In April, 148 of the 148 functional county jails provided inmate information. 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.
After two months of increases, this month the county jail population (27,363) decreased by 43 inmates. The number of inmates awaiting trial (16,456) decreased by 589. Meanwhile, the number of county sentenced inmates increased by 387 for a total of 4,737.
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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Planning & Codes
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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Public Safety Information
SUMMARY
COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT April 6, 2000
1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES
2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS)
3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING
DECREASED by 43 from 27,406 in March '00 to:
NO CHANGE from March '00:
27,363 28,469
96%
4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY*
INCREASED by 3 from 42 from March '00:
45*
5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS
INCREASED by 38 from 2,282 in March '00 to:
2,320
6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE
8%
7. NUMBER INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL
DECREASED by 589 from 17,045 in March '00 to:
16,456
8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES
60%
9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES
INCREASED by 387 from 4,350 in March '00 to:
4,737
10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES
17%
11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES
INCREASED by 121 from 3,729 in March '00 to:
3,850
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. Since the purpose of this report is to count the total number of inmates housed in county jails, there are no provisions in this report to separately count the number of inmates sent to other facilities for housing. Rather, each county reports only on the number of inmates held in their facility on the first Tuesday of the month. Inmates that are sent elsewhere for housing are counted by the facility housing those inmates.
The Georgia Crime Information Center prepares this report for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
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Public Safety Information
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Public Safety Information
Jurisdiction
Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
Jail Inmates
Number of
Number of
Capacity as % of Inmates Sentenced Inmates Awaiting
Capacity
to State
Trial in Jail
Number % of Number % of
Total
Total
001 APPLING
27
36
75%
5
19%
10
37%
002 ATKINSON
5
18
28%
0
0%
2
40%
003 BACON
39
53
74%
0
0%
30
77%
004 BAKER
4
8
50%
0
0%
4
100%
005 BALDWIN
139
173
80%
14
10%
99
71%
006 BANKS
27
30
90%
0
0%
12
44%
007 BARROW
105
90
117% 11
10%
73
70%
008 BARTOW
434
401 108% 37
9%
222
51%
009 BEN HILL
95
136
70%
7
7%
35
37%
010 BERRIEN
19
28
68%
6
32%
3
16%
011 BIBB
572
585
98%
46
8%
104
18%
012 BLECKLEY
25
32
78%
8
32%
11
44%
013 BRANTLEY
18
23
78%
2
11%
10
56%
014 BROOKS
35
45
78%
1
3%
9
26%
015 BRYAN
36
68
53%
3
8%
23
64%
016 BULLOCH
60
106
57%
20
33%
24
40%
017 BURKE
70
96
73%
3
4%
55
79%
018 BUTTS
50
100
50%
2
4%
38
76%
019 CALHOUN
14
40
35%
4
29%
7
50%
020 CAMDEN
94
120
78%
12
13%
71
76%
021 CANDLER
28
72
39%
12
43%
10
36%
022 CARROLL
274
134 204%
5
2%
85
31%
023 CATOOSA
71
76
93%
19
27%
37
52%
024 CHARLTON
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
025 CHATHAM
1304
1224 107%
52
4%
1065 82%
026 CHATTAHOOCHEE NO JAIL 0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
027 CHATTOOGA
47
47
100% 18
38%
24
51%
028 CHEROKEE
236
125 189% 27
11%
159
67%
029 CLARKE
407
338 120% 22
5%
228
56%
030 CLAY
10
16
63%
4
40%
4
40%
031 CLAYTON
1293
760 170% 96
7%
615
48%
032 CLINCH
9
26
35%
3
33%
2
22%
033 COBB
1825
1811 101% 167
9%
1319 72%
034 COFFEE
142
188
76%
15
11%
106
75%
035 COLQUITT
111
210
53%
24
22%
73
66%
036 COLUMBIA
109
91
120%
11
10%
83
76%
037 COOK
28
30
93%
6
21%
4
14%
038 COWETA
256
300
85%
37
14%
147
57%
039 CRAWFORD
11
22
50%
1
9%
5
45%
040 CRISP
156
170
92%
11
7%
86
55%
041 DADE
35
72
49%
2
6%
0
0%
Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence
Number % of Total
0
0%
2
40%
5
13%
0
0%
16
12%
2
7%
17
16%
102
24%
4
4%
10
53%
56
10%
0
0%
1
6%
9
26%
3
8%
8
13%
3
4%
2
4%
3
21%
8
9%
0
0%
123
45%
8
11%
0
0%
104
8%
0
0%
0
0%
38
16%
154
38%
2
20%
410
32%
1
11%
280
15%
3
2%
9
8%
15
14%
2
7%
72
28%
1
9%
18
12%
16
46%
Number of Other Inmates
Number
12 1 4 0 10 13 4 73 49 0 366 6 5 16 7 8 9 8 0 3 6 61 7 0 83 0 5 12 3 0 172 3 59 18 5 0 16 0 4 41 17
% of Total 44% 20% 10% 0% 7% 48% 4% 17% 52% 0% 64% 24% 28% 46% 19% 13% 13% 16% 0% 3% 21% 22% 10% 0% 6% 0% 11% 5%
1% 0% 13% 33% 3% 13% 5% 0% 57% 0% 36% 26% 49%
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042 DAWSON
65
53
123%
2
3%
33
51%
12
18%
18
28%
043 DECATUR
79
175
45%
7
9%
40
51%
5
6%
27
34%
044 DEKALB
3005
3636
83%
162
5%
2314 77%
409
14%
120
4%
045 DODGE
45
56
80%
7
16%
35
78%
3
7%
0
0%
046 DOOLY
40
37
108%
3
8%
30
75%
4
10%
3
8%
047 DOUGHERTY
847
1080 78%
50
6%
526
62%
219
26%
52
6%
048 DOUGLAS
526
334 157% 36
7%
383
73%
91
17%
16
3%
049 EARLY
60
66
91%
6
10%
34
57%
7
12%
13
22%
050 ECHOLS
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
051 EFFINGHAM
80
106
75%
11
14%
46
58%
16
20%
7
9%
052 ELBERT
67
50
134% 14
21%
32
48%
16
24%
5
7%
053 EMANUEL
40
32
125%
5
13%
26
65%
6
15%
3
8%
054 EVANS
16
26
62%
5
31%
5
31%
0
0%
6
38%
055 FANNIN
35
22
159%
6
17%
24
69%
3
9%
2
6%
056 FAYETTE
193
88
219% 31
16%
95
49%
67
35%
0
0%
057 FLOYD
674
724
93%
49
7%
66
10%
211
31%
348
52%
058 FORSYTH
137
134 102% 23
17%
68
50%
26
19%
20
15%
059 FRANKLIN
52
72
72%
1
2%
36
69%
7
13%
8
15%
060 FULTON
3041
2320 131%
59
2%
2270 75%
354
12%
358
12%
061 GILMER
62
60
103% 11
18%
48
77%
3
5%
0
0%
062 GLASCOCK
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
063 GLYNN
299
344
87%
20
7%
198
66%
11
4%
70
23%
064 GORDON
167
140 119% 58
35%
66
40%
31
19%
12
7%
065 GRADY
69
124
56%
31
45%
23
33%
14
20%
1
1%
066 GREENE
72
64
113% 17
24%
48
67%
4
6%
3
4%
067 GWINNETT
1250
1035 121%
96
8%
605
48%
196
16%
353
28%
068 HABERSHAM
57
130
44%
2
4%
45
79%
8
14%
2
4%
069 HALL
579
565 102% 36
6%
386
67%
121
21%
36
6%
070 HANCOCK
22
80
28%
4
18%
15
68%
3
14%
0
0%
071 HARALSON
71
60
118%
4
6%
45
63%
11
15%
11
15%
072 HARRIS
44
100
44%
3
7%
22
50%
12
27%
7
16%
073 HART
52
50
104%
5
10%
22
42%
23
44%
2
4%
074 HEARD
12
32
38%
8
67%
3
25%
1
8%
0
0%
075 HENRY
259
174
149%
31
12%
163
63%
63
24%
2
1%
076 HOUSTON
194
257
75%
14
7%
156
80%
24
12%
0
0%
077 IRWIN
21
20
105%
11
52%
7
33%
0
0%
3
14%
078 JACKSON
93
121
77%
15
16%
0
0%
7
8%
71
76%
079 JASPER
22
64
34%
4
18%
5
23%
3
14%
10
45%
080 JEFFDAVIS/HAZ
30
68
44%
6
20%
21
70%
1
3%
2
7%
081 JEFFERSON
45
72
63%
0
0%
42
93%
3
7%
0
0%
082 JENKINS
9
24
38%
1
11%
4
44%
2
22%
2
22%
083 JOHNSON
12
12
100%
3
25%
0
0%
0
0%
9
75%
084 JONES
58
125
46%
10
17%
17
29%
8
14%
23
40%
085 LAMAR
82
142
58%
10
12%
38
46%
17
21%
17
21%
086 LANIER
10
10
100%
0
0%
6
60%
2
20%
2
20%
087 LAURENS
260
270
96%
8
3%
0
0%
149
57%
103
40%
088 LEE
45
75
60%
4
9%
34
76%
5
11%
2
4%
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089 LIBERTY
89
112
79%
12
090 LINCOLN
68
74
92%
3
091 LONG
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
092 LOWNDES
441
606
73%
25
093 LUMPKIN
58
36
161%
0
094 MCDUFFIE
118
217
54%
15
095 MCINTOSH
27
20
135%
2
096 MACON
35
68
51%
7
097 MADISON
17
7
243%
4
098 MARION
18
30
60%
1
099 MERIWETHER
72
106
68%
7
100 MILLER
10
24
42%
4
101 MITCHELL
68
116
59%
4
102 MONROE
55
51
108%
6
103 MONTGOMERY NO JAIL 0
0%
0
104 MORGAN
30
120
25%
15
105 MURRAY
88
78
113%
7
106 MUSCOGEE
736
572 129% 81
107 NEWTON
158
161
98%
68
108 OCONEE
22
32
69%
4
109 OGLETHORPE
17
18
94%
0
110 PAULDING
206
244
84%
4
111 PEACH
50
88
57%
7
112 PICKENS
45
44
102%
4
113 PIERCE
50
72
69%
0
114 PIKE
20
18
111%
5
115 POLK
170
136 125% 18
116 PULASKI
25
13
192% 13
117 PUTNAM
43
120
36%
13
118 QUITMAN
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
119 RABUN
33
36
92%
2
120 RANDOLPH
21
32
66%
5
121 RICHMOND
729
910
80%
45
122 ROCKDALE
226
228
99%
11
123 SCHLEY
6
12
50%
2
124 SCREVEN
32
24
133%
0
125 SEMINOLE
17
54
31%
1
126 SPALDING
323
356
91%
23
127 STEPHENS
72
102
71%
2
128 STEWART
10
12
83%
0
129 SUMTER
177
262
68%
6
130 TALBOT
9
22
41%
5
131 TALIAFERO
NO JAIL 0
0%
0
132 TATTNALL
46
46
100%
6
133 TAYLOR
17
25
68%
7
134 TELFAIR
8
36
22%
5
135 TERRELL
30
42
71%
1
13%
60
67%
8
9%
9
10%
4%
8
12%
12
18%
45
66%
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
6%
296
67%
58
13%
62
14%
0%
42
72%
4
7%
12
21%
13%
41
35%
33
28%
29
25%
7%
10
37%
2
7%
13
48%
20%
21
60%
1
3%
6
17%
24%
11
65%
1
6%
1
6%
6%
15
83%
2
11%
0
0%
10%
22
31%
14
19%
29
40%
40%
3
30%
2
20%
1
10%
6%
41
60%
21
31%
2
3%
11%
26
47%
22
40%
1
2%
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
50%
1
3%
13
43%
1
3%
8%
36
41%
11
13%
34
39%
11%
491
67%
73
10%
91
12%
43%
67
42%
7
4%
16
10%
18%
18
82%
0
0%
0
0%
0%
8
47%
9
53%
0
0%
2%
112
54%
36
17%
54
26%
14%
35
70%
2
4%
6
12%
9%
36
80%
4
9%
1
2%
0%
20
40%
0
0%
30
60%
25%
9
45%
5
25%
1
5%
11%
99
58%
29
17%
24
14%
52%
11
44%
0
0%
1
4%
30%
18
42%
0
0%
12
28%
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
6%
10
30%
10
30%
11
33%
24%
15
71%
0
0%
1
5%
6%
375
51%
137
19%
172
24%
5%
141
62%
64
28%
10
4%
33%
2
33%
1
17%
1
17%
0%
16
50%
4
13%
12
38%
6%
10
59%
5
29%
1
6%
7%
225
70%
74
23%
1
0%
3%
28
39%
30
42%
12
17%
0%
7
70%
0
0%
3
30%
3%
138
78%
33
19%
0
0%
56%
4
44%
0
0%
0
0%
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
13%
30
65%
6
13%
4
9%
41%
7
41%
0
0%
3
18%
63%
3
38%
0
0%
0
0%
3%
23
77%
2
7%
4
13%
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Public Safety Information
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
139
240
58%
10
176
260
68%
15
86
128
67%
27
SEE
0
UNION
0%
0
10
18
56%
2
250
240 104% 46
67
102
66%
2
44
48
92%
1
32
38
84%
4
7%
76
55%
9%
58
33%
31%
48
56%
0%
0
0%
20%
8
80%
18%
158
63%
3%
20
30%
2%
7
16%
13%
15
47%
110 129 134 125 NO JAIL 41 80 NO JAIL
4 33 183 14 46 21 29 27,363
58 100 112 121
0 51 50 0 18 64 124 16 80 44 46 28,469
190% 129% 120% 103%
0% 80% 160% 0% 22% 52% 148% 88% 58% 48% 63% 96%
10
9%
8
6%
55
41%
6
5%
0
0%
4
10%
14
18%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
30
16%
5
36%
7
15%
9
43%
13
45%
2,320 8%
62 52 55 100 0 28 50 0 1 22 86 5 23 6 9 16,456
56% 40% 41% 80% 0% 68% 63% 0% 25% 67% 47% 36% 50% 29% 31% 60%
17
12%
64
36%
7
8%
0
0%
0
0%
10
4%
2
3%
0
0%
10
31%
31 59 15 19 0 1 2 0 2 10 52 1 11 0 4 4,737
28% 46% 11% 15% 0% 2% 3% 0% 50% 30% 28% 7% 24% 0% 14% 17%
36
26%
39
22%
4
5%
0
0%
0
0%
36
14%
43
64%
36
82%
3
9%
7 10 9 0 0 8 14 0 1 1 15 3 5 6 3 3,850
6% 8% 7% 0% 0% 20% 18% 0% 25% 3% 8% 21% 11% 29% 10% 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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