County jail inmate population report, 2000 April

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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Use and display of the Seal of the State of Georgia is restricted by law, and may be used only with express written permission from the State of Georgia as authorized by the Governor.

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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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Public Safety Information

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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