County jail inmate population report, 2000 May

Public Safety Information

Memorandum

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM:

Tony M. McClung

DATE:

May 18, 2000

SUBJECT: County Jail Report - May 2000

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for May 2000. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, May 4, 2000.
In May, 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.
With the opening of the new Gilmer County Jail (96 beds), the total jail capacity increased to 28,505. The total county jail population increased by 439 for a total of 27,802. The number of inmates awaiting trial (16,834) increased by 378. Meanwhile, the number of county sentenced inmates decreased by 104 for a total of 4,633.
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 May 4, 2000

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

INCREASED by 439 from 27,363 in April '00 to:

27,802

INCREASED by 36 from 28,469 in April '00: 28,505

98%

4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY*

DECREASED by 3 from 45 in April '00:

42*

5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

INCREASED by 167 from 2,320 in April '00 to:

2,487

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

9%

7. NUMBER INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

INCREASED by 378 from 16,456 in April '00 to:

16,834

8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES

61%

9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

DECREASED by 104 from 4,737 in April '00 to:

4,633

10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

17%

11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES

DECREASED by 2 from 3,850in April '00 to:

3,848

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

24

36

67%

4

17%

8

33%

002 ATKINSON

13

18

72%

1

8%

10

77%

003 BACON

44

53

83%

0

0%

28

64%

004 BAKER

4

8

50%

0

0%

4

100%

005 BALDWIN

156

173

90%

12

8%

86

55%

006 BANKS

29

30

97%

0

0%

15

52%

007 BARROW

105

90

117% 10

10%

22

21%

008 BARTOW

417

401 104% 30

7%

205

49%

009 BEN HILL

93

136

68%

9

10%

18

19%

010 BERRIEN

15

28

54%

5

33%

4

27%

011 BIBB

575

585

98%

43

7%

91

16%

012 BLECKLEY

27

32

84%

1

4%

18

67%

013 BRANTLEY

14

23

61%

2

14%

8

57%

014 BROOKS

24

45

53%

0

0%

6

25%

015 BRYAN

38

68

56%

0

0%

28

74%

016 BULLOCH

62

106

58%

7

11%

42

68%

017 BURKE

59

96

61%

3

5%

44

75%

018 BUTTS

56

100

56%

2

4%

43

77%

019 CALHOUN

11

40

28%

3

27%

6

55%

020 CAMDEN

90

120

75%

15

17%

65

72%

021 CANDLER

32

72

44%

12

38%

8

25%

022 CARROLL

279

134 208%

5

2%

85

30%

023 CATOOSA

70

76

92%

16

23%

41

59%

024 CHARLTON

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

025 CHATHAM

1328

1224 108%

64

5%

1061 80%

026 CHATTAHOOCHEE NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

027 CHATTOOGA

40

47

85%

11

28%

17

43%

028 CHEROKEE

235

125 188% 20

9%

192

82%

029 CLARKE

397

338 117% 31

8%

220

55%

030 CLAY

12

16

75%

5

42%

6

50%

031 CLAYTON

1353

760 178% 115

8%

629

46%

032 CLINCH

15

26

58%

7

47%

3

20%

033 COBB

1841

1811 102% 175

10% 1380 75%

034 COFFEE

165

188

88%

28

17%

117

71%

035 COLQUITT

110

210

52%

15

14%

78

71%

036 COLUMBIA

117

91

129%

8

7%

95

81%

037 COOK

39

30

130%

5

13%

10

26%

038 COWETA

214

300

71%

12

6%

150

70%

039 CRAWFORD

14

22

64%

2

14%

10

71%

040 CRISP

158

170

93%

5

3%

86

54%

041 DADE

37

72

51%

8

22%

20

54%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number % of Total

0

0%

0

0%

6

14%

0

0%

30

19%

1

3%

18

17%

104

25%

4

4%

4

27%

59

10%

1

4%

0

0%

6

25%

2

5%

4

6%

2

3%

10

18%

2

18%

8

9%

0

0%

122

44%

9

13%

0

0%

101

8%

0

0%

7

18%

15

6%

142

36%

1

8%

420

31%

1

7%

231

13%

4

2%

10

9%

14

12%

5

13%

52

24%

2

14%

20

13%

3

8%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
12 2 10 0 28 13 55 78 62 2 382 7 4 12 8 9 10 1 0 2 12 67 4 0 102 0 5 8 4 0 189 4 55 16 7 0 19 0 0 47 6

% of Total 50% 15% 23% 0% 18% 45% 52% 19% 67% 13% 66% 26% 29% 50% 21% 15% 17% 2% 0% 2% 38% 24% 6% 0% 8% 0% 13% 3%
1% 0% 14% 27% 3% 10% 6% 0% 49% 0% 0% 30% 16%

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042 DAWSON

75

53

142%

2

3%

38

51%

27

36%

8

11%

043 DECATUR

79

175

45%

6

8%

41

52%

6

8%

26

33%

044 DEKALB

3164

3636

87%

171

5%

2436 77%

430

14%

127

4%

045 DODGE

40

56

71%

3

8%

32

80%

2

5%

3

8%

046 DOOLY

48

37

130%

4

8%

26

54%

5

10%

13

27%

047 DOUGHERTY

867

1080 80%

90

10%

482

56%

233

27%

62

7%

048 DOUGLAS

546

334 163% 56

10%

375

69%

93

17%

22

4%

049 EARLY

50

66

76%

14

28%

23

46%

3

6%

10

20%

050 ECHOLS

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

051 EFFINGHAM

74

106

70%

15

20%

36

49%

15

20%

8

11%

052 ELBERT

63

50

126% 12

19%

33

52%

14

22%

4

6%

053 EMANUEL

54

32

169%

9

17%

29

54%

6

11%

10

19%

054 EVANS

12

26

46%

1

8%

4

33%

4

33%

3

25%

055 FANNIN

27

22

123%

7

26%

16

59%

3

11%

1

4%

056 FAYETTE

202

88

230% 26

13%

110

54%

66

33%

0

0%

057 FLOYD

657

724

91%

41

6%

72

11%

234

36%

310

47%

058 FORSYTH

151

134 113% 21

14%

61

40%

65

43%

4

3%

059 FRANKLIN

54

72

75%

4

7%

31

57%

9

17%

10

19%

060 FULTON

2947

2320 127%

69

2%

2195 74%

384

13%

299

10%

061 GILMER

60

96

63%

4

7%

54

90%

2

3%

0

0%

062 GLASCOCK

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

063 GLYNN

296

344

86%

17

6%

201

68%

5

2%

73

25%

064 GORDON

176

140 126% 60

34%

71

40%

29

16%

16

9%

065 GRADY

82

124

66%

35

43%

31

38%

12

15%

4

5%

066 GREENE

64

64

100% 24

38%

28

44%

6

9%

6

9%

067 GWINNETT

1237

1035 120% 104

8%

611

49%

169

14%

353

29%

068 HABERSHAM

59

130

45%

8

14%

38

64%

7

12%

6

10%

069 HALL

625

565 111% 32

5%

403

64%

152

24%

38

6%

070 HANCOCK

25

80

31%

1

4%

22

88%

2

8%

0

0%

071 HARALSON

62

60

103%

8

13%

39

63%

13

21%

2

3%

072 HARRIS

40

100

40%

3

8%

25

63%

6

15%

6

15%

073 HART

48

50

96%

5

10%

18

38%

21

44%

4

8%

074 HEARD

22

32

69%

16

73%

2

9%

2

9%

2

9%

075 HENRY

287

174

165%

23

8%

175

61%

76

26%

13

5%

076 HOUSTON

196

257

76%

13

7%

163

83%

20

10%

0

0%

077 IRWIN

17

20

85%

5

29%

8

47%

0

0%

4

24%

078 JACKSON

95

121

79%

18

19%

61

64%

6

6%

10

11%

079 JASPER

29

64

45%

7

24%

12

41%

3

10%

7

24%

080 JEFFDAVIS/HAZ

31

68

46%

6

19%

19

61%

0

0%

6

19%

081 JEFFERSON

40

72

56%

3

8%

36

90%

1

3%

0

0%

082 JENKINS

11

24

46%

1

9%

6

55%

2

18%

2

18%

083 JOHNSON

11

12

92%

2

18%

3

27%

2

18%

4

36%

084 JONES

73

125

58%

17

23%

22

30%

16

22%

18

25%

085 LAMAR

89

142

63%

10

11%

42

47%

12

13%

25

28%

086 LANIER

7

10

70%

1

14%

5

71%

1

14%

0

0%

087 LAURENS

270

270 100%

6

2%

133

49%

21

8%

110

41%

088 LEE

56

75

75%

4

7%

39

70%

11

20%

2

4%

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089 LIBERTY

94

112

84%

15

16%

59

63%

5

5%

15

16%

090 LINCOLN

66

74

89%

3

5%

5

8%

9

14%

49

74%

091 LONG

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

092 LOWNDES

468

606

77%

30

6%

289

62%

69

15%

80

17%

093 LUMPKIN

51

36

142%

7

14%

37

73%

7

14%

0

0%

094 MCDUFFIE

121

217

56%

15

12%

44

36%

36

30%

26

21%

095 MCINTOSH

14

20

70%

1

7%

9

64%

1

7%

3

21%

096 MACON

31

68

46%

4

13%

21

68%

2

6%

4

13%

097 MADISON

22

7

314%

3

14%

16

73%

0

0%

3

14%

098 MARION

21

30

70%

9

43%

11

52%

1

5%

0

0%

099 MERIWETHER

50

106

47%

5

10%

23

46%

9

18%

13

26%

100 MILLER

12

24

50%

1

8%

7

58%

2

17%

2

17%

101 MITCHELL

72

116

62%

9

13%

31

43%

20

28%

12

17%

102 MONROE

59

51

116%

1

2%

37

63%

21

36%

0

0%

103 MONTGOMERY NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

104 MORGAN

36

120

30%

5

14%

19

53%

6

17%

6

17%

105 MURRAY

106

78

136%

7

7%

31

29%

11

10%

57

54%

106 MUSCOGEE

770

572 135% 93

12%

499

65%

82

11%

96

12%

107 NEWTON

189

161 117% 70

37%

83

44%

11

6%

25

13%

108 OCONEE

23

32

72%

0

0%

19

83%

4

17%

0

0%

109 OGLETHORPE

20

18

111%

0

0%

12

60%

8

40%

0

0%

110 PAULDING

202

244

83%

2

1%

105

52%

36

18%

59

29%

111 PEACH

56

88

64%

9

16%

39

70%

2

4%

6

11%

112 PICKENS

40

44

91%

12

30%

24

60%

2

5%

2

5%

113 PIERCE

42

72

58%

12

29%

23

55%

2

5%

5

12%

114 PIKE

20

18

111%

1

5%

18

90%

1

5%

0

0%

115 POLK

161

136 118%

8

5%

110

68%

28

17%

15

9%

116 PULASKI

18

13

138%

6

33%

6

33%

0

0%

6

33%

117 PUTNAM

86

120

72%

22

26%

26

30%

5

6%

33

38%

118 QUITMAN

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

119 RABUN

31

36

86%

3

10%

5

16%

10

32%

13

42%

120 RANDOLPH

22

32

69%

4

18%

17

77%

0

0%

1

5%

121 RICHMOND

796

910

87%

107

13%

403

51%

124

16%

162

20%

122 ROCKDALE

251

228

110%

20

8%

172

69%

49

20%

10

4%

123 SCHLEY

7

12

58%

3

43%

3

43%

0

0%

1

14%

124 SCREVEN

28

24

117%

3

11%

13

46%

5

18%

7

25%

125 SEMINOLE

16

54

30%

1

6%

14

88%

1

6%

0

0%

126 SPALDING

286

356

80%

19

7%

205

72%

62

22%

0

0%

127 STEPHENS

78

102

76%

7

9%

26

33%

28

36%

17

22%

128 STEWART

8

12

67%

3

38%

3

38%

0

0%

2

25%

129 SUMTER

229

262

87%

9

4%

185

81%

35

15%

0

0%

130 TALBOT

7

22

32%

1

14%

5

71%

1

14%

0

0%

131 TALIAFERO

NO JAIL 0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

132 TATTNALL

43

46

93%

11

26%

27

63%

3

7%

2

5%

133 TAYLOR

14

25

56%

3

21%

11

79%

0

0%

0

0%

134 TELFAIR

9

36

25%

1

11%

8

89%

0

0%

0

0%

135 TERRELL

22

42

52%

3

14%

16

73%

2

9%

1

5%

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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

132

240

55%

24

183

260

70%

18

82

128

64%

27

SEE

0

UNION

0%

0

15

18

83%

3

226

240

94%

24

71

102

70%

2

44

48

92%

1

41

38

108% 14

18%

64

48%

10%

54

30%

33%

44

54%

0%

0

0%

20%

10

67%

11%

151

67%

3%

11

15%

2%

7

16%

34%

15

37%

111 120 133 116 NO JAIL 42 78 NO JAIL
5 48 122 17 43 19 27 27,802

58 100 112 121
0 51 50 0 18 64 124 16 80 44 46 28,505

191% 120% 119% 96%
0% 82% 156% 0% 28% 75% 98% 106% 54% 43% 59% 98%

3

3%

11

9%

50

38%

8

7%

0

0%

14

33%

17

22%

0

0%

0

0%

3

6%

27

22%

2

12%

6

14%

4

21%

6

22%

2,487 9%

66 48 60 92 0 22 56 0 4 43 62 10 17 9 7 16,834

59% 40% 45% 79% 0% 52% 72% 0% 80% 90% 51% 59% 40% 47% 26% 61%

7

5%

71

39%

9

11%

0

0%

1

7%

41

18%

2

3%

3

7%

9

22%

37 52 15 16 0 2 3 0 0 2 31 1 14 0 1 4,633

33% 43% 11% 14% 0% 5% 4% 0% 0% 4% 25% 6% 33% 0% 4% 17%

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

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

37

28%

40

22%

2

2%

0

0%

1

7%

10

4%

56

79%

33

75%

3

7%

5 9 8 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 2 4 6 6 13 3,848

5% 8% 6% 0% 0% 10% 3% 0% 20% 0% 2% 24% 14% 32% 48% 14%

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