County jail inmate population report, 2003 September

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Tony M. McClung

DATE:

September 22, 2003

SUBJECT: County Jail Report September 2003

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for September 2003. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, September 4, 2003. This month, all 149 of the functional county jails provided inmate information. The data in this report represents 100 percent of the county jails reporting and 100 percent of the State's population.

In September 2003, the number of inmates held in county jails increased by 522 inmates to 34,254. In addition, the capacity of county jails increased by 424 beds as a result of a new jail opening in Whitfield County. The number of inmates awaiting trial increased by 247 inmates to 20,473 and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions increased by 289 inmates to 4,374. This is the largest number of inmates ever held in county jails.

The August 2003 County Jail report was updated with corrected information from Glynn and McDuffie Counties. The corrected jail report is available on the web at: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/research/publicsafety.html

TMM Enclosures

SUMMARY

COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT1 September 4, 2003

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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES

INCREASED by 522 from 33,732 in August 2003 to:

34,254

2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) INCREASED by 424 from 34,450 in August 2003 to:

34,874

3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY

DECREASED by 4 from 51 in August 2003 to:

98% 472

5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

INCREASED by 289 from 4,085 in August 2003 to:

4,374

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

13%

7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

INCREASED by 247 from 20,226 in August 2003 to:

20,473

8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES

60%

9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

INCREASED by 159 from 4,716 in August 2003 to:

4,875

10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

14%

11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES

DECREASED by 173 from 4,705 in August 2003 to:

4,532

12. PERCENTAGE OF OTHER INMATES

13%

13. PERCENTAGE OF JAILS REPORTING

100%

14. PERCENTAGE OF STATE POPULATION WITH JAILS REPORTING

100%

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1 In cooperation with the Georgia Crime Information Center, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs compiles and publishes this report for the Georgia Sheriffs' Association and the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia. 2 This figure does not include jails presently 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 Thursday of the month. Inmates that are sent elsewhere for housing are counted by the facility housing those inmates.

Composition of County Jail Population September 2003

Pretrial Inmates: 20,473 or 60%

County Sentenced Inmates: 4,875 or 14%

Other Inmates: 4,532 or 13%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,374 or 13%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

January 1987 - September 2003

34,874

36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000

*See notes below.

18000

15000

12000

9000

Jan-87 Jul-87 Jan-88 Jul-88 Jan-89 Jul-89 Jan-90 Jul-90 Jan-91 Jul-91 Jan-92 Jul-92 Jan-93 Jul-93 Jan-94 Jul-94 Jan-95 Jul-95 Jan-96 Jul-96 Jan-97 Jul-97 Jan-98 Jul-98 Jan-99 Jul-99 Jan-00 Jul-00 Jan-01 Jul-01 Jan-02 Jul-02 Jan-03 Jul-03 Jan-04 Jul-04

*NOTE: Only 101 counties reported data for January 1987 while 80 counties reported data for March 1996; therefore, data is not shown for these two months. The capacity dropped significantly in October 2002 after Clayton County closed 890 beds because of staffing shortages.

Jan-87 Jul-87 Jan-88 Jul-88 Jan-89 Jul-89 Jan-90 Jul-90 Jan-91 Jul-91 Jan-92 Jul-92 Jan-93 Jul-93 Jan-94 Jul-94 Jan-95 Jul-95 Jan-96 Jul-96 Jan-97 Jul-97 Jan-98 Jul-98 Jan-99 Jul-99 Jan-00 Jul-00 Jan-01 Jul-01 Jan-02 Jul-02 Jan-03 Jul-03

JAIL POPULATION
January 1987 - September 2003
36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000

18000

*See note below.

15000

12000

9000

*NOTE: Only 101 counties reported data for January 1987 while 80 counties reported data for March 1996; therefore, data is not shown for these two months.

34,254

Jan-87 Jul-87 Jan-88 Jul-88 Jan-89 Jul-89 Jan-90 Jul-90 Jan-91 Jul-91 Jan-92 Jul-92 Jan-93 Jul-93 Jan-94 Jul-94 Jan-95 Jul-95 Jan-96 Jul-96 Jan-97 Jul-97 Jan-98 Jul-98 Jan-99 Jul-99 Jan-00 Jul-00 Jan-01 Jul-01 Jan-02 Jul-02 Jan-03 Jul-03 Jan-04 Jul-04

INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL
January 1987 - September 2003
22000

20000

18000

16000

14000

12000 10000

*See note below.

8000

6000

4000

*NOTE: Only 101 counties reported data for January 1987 while 80 counties reported data for March 1996; therefore, data is not shown for these two months.

20,473

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5000

January 1987 - September 2003

4,374

4500

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000 1500

*See note below.

1000

Jan-87 Jul-87 Jan-88 Jul-88 Jan-89 Jul-89 Jan-90 Jul-90 Jan-91 Jul-91 Jan-92 Jul-92 Jan-93 Jul-93 Jan-94 Jul-94 Jan-95 Jul-95 Jan-96 Jul-96 Jan-97 Jul-97 Jan-98 Jul-98 Jan-99 Jul-99 Jan-00 Jul-00 Jan-01 Jul-01 Jan-02 Jul-02 Jan-03 Jul-03 Jan-04 Jul-04

*NOTE: Only 101 counties reported data for January 1987 while 80 counties reported data for March 1996; therefore, data is not shown for these two months.

Jurisdiction 001 APPLING 002 ATKINSON 003 BACON 004 BAKER 005 BALDWIN 006 BANKS 007 BARROW 008 BARTOW 009 BEN HILL 010 BERRIEN 011 BIBB 012 BLECKLEY 013 BRANTLEY 014 BROOKS 015 BRYAN 016 BULLOCH 017 BURKE 018 BUTTS 019 CALHOUN 020 CAMDEN 021 CANDLER 022 CARROLL 023 CATOOSA 024 CHARLTON 025 CHATHAM 026 CHATTAHOOCHEE 027 CHATTOOGA 028 CHEROKEE 029 CLARKE 030 CLAY 031 CLAYTON 032 CLINCH 033 COBB 034 COFFEE 035 COLQUITT 036 COLUMBIA 037 COOK 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

Total Number
of Inmates
In Jail 68 7 44 6 163 23 149 545 78 17 585 32 21 64 59 139 86 88 14 155 20 424 177
NO JAIL 1499
NO JAIL 107 494 441 10 1507 22 2144 200 251 189 115 278 17 168 82 111 86 3071 80 72 969 658 52
NO JAIL 91 63 97 26 36 227 729 178 57
3282 113 NO JAIL

Jail Capacity
84 18 53 14 187 30 90 472 136 28 585 32 23 45 68 106 96 100 42 150 72 597 248 0 1224 0 47 512 338 16 1860 26 1979 188 210 220 108 300 22 170 96 53 175 3636 56 148 1244 618 66 0 106 50 102 26 42 384 724 134 72 2688 142 0

Inmates as % of Capacity
81% 39% 83% 43% 87% 77% 166% 115% 57% 61% 100% 100% 91% 142% 87% 131% 90% 88% 33% 103% 28% 71% 71% 0% 122% 0% 228% 96% 130% 63% 81% 85% 108% 106% 120% 86% 106% 93% 77% 99% 85% 209% 49% 84% 143% 49% 78% 106% 79% 0% 86% 126% 95% 100% 86% 59% 101% 133% 79% 122% 80% 0%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
18 0 0 3 22 2 63 65 5 4 150 7 5 11 10 39 7 8 3 9 6 2 15 0 228 0 36 50 51 6 183 8 194 41 11 28 7 74 2 28 11 7 48 166 10 10 94 132 14 0 20 10 13 3 4 26 130 58 15 186 6 0

% of Total
26% 0% 0% 50% 13% 9% 42% 12% 6% 24% 26% 22% 24% 17% 17% 28% 8% 9% 21% 6% 30% 0% 8% 0% 15% 0% 34% 10% 12% 60% 12% 36% 9% 21% 4% 15% 6% 27% 12% 17% 13% 6% 56% 5% 13% 14% 10% 20% 27% 0% 22% 16% 13% 12% 11% 11% 18% 33% 26% 6% 5% 0%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
23 1 24 3 88 15 68 344 55 13 121 24 9 26 31 72 59 72 10 138 10 263 143 0 1165 0 62 301 273 4 683 5 1430 151 100 140 8 65 9 90 52 68 28 2364 69 35 447 425 22 0 63 39 29 9 30 128 351 80 35 2131 63 0

% of Total
34% 14% 55% 50% 54% 65% 46% 63% 71% 76% 21% 75% 43% 41% 53% 52% 69% 82% 71% 89% 50% 62% 81% 0% 78% 0% 58% 61% 62% 40% 45% 23% 67% 76% 40% 74% 7% 23% 53% 54% 63% 61% 33% 77% 86% 49% 46% 65% 42% 0% 69% 62% 30% 35% 83% 56% 48% 45% 61% 65% 56% 0%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
0 3 1 0 43 5 11 116 12 0 46 0 1 4 0 17 5 8 0 5 0 54 15 0 65 0 0 52 115 0 456 0 452 8 3 21 5 132 0 13 19 34 9 418 1 2 379 92 4 0 7 6 9 1 0 73 90 38 6 314 0 0

% of Total
0% 43% 2% 0% 26% 22% 7% 21% 15% 0% 8% 0% 5% 6% 0% 12% 6% 9% 0% 3% 0% 13% 8% 0% 4% 0% 0% 11% 26% 0% 30% 0% 21% 4% 1% 11% 4% 47% 0% 8% 23% 31% 10% 14% 1% 3% 39% 14% 8% 0% 8% 10% 9% 4% 0% 32% 12% 21% 11% 10% 0% 0%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
27 3 19 0 10 1 7 20 6 0 268 1 6 23 18 11 15 0 1 3 4 105 4 0 41 0 9 91 2 0 185 9 68 0 137 0 95 7 6 37 0 2 1 123 0 25 49 9 12 0 1 8 46 13 2 0 158 2 1 651 44 0

% of Total
40% 43% 43% 0% 6% 4% 5% 4% 8% 0% 46% 3% 29% 36% 31% 8% 17% 0% 7% 2% 20% 25% 2% 0% 3% 0% 8% 18% 0% 0% 12% 41% 3% 0% 55% 0% 83% 3% 35% 22% 0% 2% 1% 4% 0% 35% 5% 1% 23% 0% 1% 13% 47% 50% 6% 0% 22% 1% 2% 20% 39% 0%

Jurisdiction 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 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

Total Number
of Inmates
In Jail 341 190 81 79 1556 91 645 39 108 87 50 26 421 395 18 170 28 35 53 10 18 131 141 7 244 74 154 63
NO JAIL 516 85 136 84 17 27 11 78 17 103 111
NO JAIL 51 103
1026 390 45
1 247 56 49 51 86 226 20 82 NO JAIL 38 26 1030 327
8 51

Inmates

Jail as % of

Capacity Capacity

344

99%

142

134%

124

65%

125

63%

1204

129%

130

70%

489

132%

80

49%

60

180%

100

87%

48

104%

28

93%

335

126%

360

110%

20

90%

121

140%

64

44%

68

51%

72

74%

24

42%

12

150%

125

105%

142

99%

10

70%

270

90%

75

99%

112

138%

77

82%

0

0%

606

85%

130

65%

217

63%

114

74%

68

25%

16

169%

30

37%

106

74%

24

71%

116

89%

152

73%

0

0%

67

76%

120

86%

927

111%

161

242%

32

141%

1

100%

244

101%

82

68%

44

111%

72

71%

34

253%

138

164%

30

67%

120

68%

0

0%

36

106%

32

81%

910

113%

308

106%

12

67%

49

104%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
31 32 13 0 154 11 129 5 3 0 11 10 83 77 4 32 4 8 7 1 2 15 5 0 10 4 10 2 0 46 14 24 19 0 6 2 5 3 10 69 0 3 8 249 128 9 0 14 1 8 33 0 2 7 16 0 0 3 118 32 2 12

% of Total
9% 17% 16% 0% 10% 12% 20% 13% 3% 0% 22% 38% 20% 19% 22% 19% 14% 23% 13% 10% 11% 11% 4% 0% 4% 5% 6% 3% 0% 9% 16% 18% 23% 0% 22% 18% 6% 18% 10% 62% 0% 6% 8% 24% 33% 20% 0% 6% 2% 16% 65% 0% 1% 35% 20% 0% 0% 12% 11% 10% 25% 24%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
212 106 36
0 787 71 301 23 83 32 35 12 240 277
8 126 12 23 24
7 5 38 48 6 177 56 129 13 0 363 0 59 38 17 19 8 57 7 55 6 0 37 68 570 242 30 0 147 5 39 12 38 206 10 27 0 16 18 661 210 6 26

% of Total
62% 56% 44% 0% 51% 78% 47% 59% 77% 37% 70% 46% 57% 70% 44% 74% 43% 66% 45% 70% 28% 29% 34% 86% 73% 76% 84% 21% 0% 70% 0% 43% 45% 100% 70% 73% 73% 41% 53% 5% 0% 73% 66% 56% 62% 67% 0% 60% 9% 80% 24% 44% 91% 50% 33% 0% 42% 69% 64% 64% 75% 51%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
10 36 4 65 187 6 107 0 12 3 3 4 93 37 0 10 0 0 10 1 7 8 15 0 9 13 5 8 0 64 51 19 4 0 0 1 10 7 19 17 0 4 23 82 12 3 0 41 17 2 6 5 11 1 3 0 16 3 82 46 0 7

% of Total
3% 19% 5% 82% 12% 7% 17% 0% 11% 3% 6% 15% 22% 9% 0% 6% 0% 0% 19% 10% 39% 6% 11% 0% 4% 18% 3% 13% 0% 12% 60% 14% 5% 0% 0% 9% 13% 41% 18% 15% 0% 8% 22% 8% 3% 7% 0% 17% 30% 4% 12% 6% 5% 5% 4% 0% 42% 12% 8% 14% 0% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
88 16 28 14 428 3 108 11 10 52 1 0 5 4 6 2 12 4 12 1 4 70 73 1 48 1 10 40 0 43 20 34 23 0 2 0 6 0 19 19 0 7 4 125 8 3 1 45 33 0 0 43 7 2 36 0 6 2 169 39 0 6

% of Total
26% 8% 35% 18% 28% 3% 17% 28% 9% 60% 2% 0% 1% 1% 33% 1% 43% 11% 23% 10% 22% 53% 52% 14% 20% 1% 6% 63% 0% 8% 24% 25% 27% 0% 7% 0% 8% 0% 18% 17% 0% 14% 4% 12% 2% 7% 100% 18% 59% 0% 0% 50% 3% 10% 44% 0% 16% 8% 16% 12% 0% 12%

Jurisdiction 125 SEMINOLE 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 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

Total Number
of Inmates
In Jail 36 452 80 10 196 9
NO JAIL 29 25 20 26 160 201 79 44 9 344 45 48 38 170 171 220 190
NO JAIL 57 159
NO JAIL 8 56
357 19 69 24 64 34,254

Inmates

Jail as % of

Capacity Capacity

54

67%

468

97%

98

82%

12

83%

262

75%

22

41%

0

0%

46

63%

25

100%

36

56%

42

62%

240

67%

260

77%

128

62%

50

88%

18

50%

240

143%

102

44%

48

100%

54

70%

213

80%

209

82%

161

137%

232

82%

0

0%

51

112%

170

94%

0

0%

18

44%

64

88%

548

65%

16

119%

80

86%

44

55%

46

139%

34,874 98%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
7 27 15 1 4 2 0 14 6 11 6 59 26 21 1 2 80 0 0 8 19 53 22 12 0 14 23 0 3 7 34 6 11 0 10 4,374

% of Total
19% 6% 19% 10% 2% 22% 0% 48% 24% 55% 23% 37% 13% 27% 2% 22% 23% 0% 0% 21% 11% 31% 10% 6% 0% 25% 14% 0% 38% 13% 10% 32% 16% 0% 16% 13%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
17 376 34
8 152
5 0 7 16 5 16 48 56 52 9 3 198 1 0 21 120 100 122 142 0 30 82 0 5 35 251 9 31 21 51 20,473

% of Total
47% 83% 43% 80% 78% 56% 0% 24% 64% 25% 62% 30% 28% 66% 20% 33% 58% 2% 0% 55% 71% 58% 55% 75% 0% 53% 52% 0% 63% 63% 70% 47% 45% 88% 80% 60%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 47 7 0 11 2 0 3 0 2 2 17 83 3 5 0 13 27 46 5 20 13 58 36 0 4 1 0 0 5 68 0 11 0 2 4,875

% of Total
14% 10% 9% 0% 6% 22% 0% 10% 0% 10% 8% 11% 41% 4% 11% 0% 4% 60% 96% 13% 12% 8% 26% 19% 0% 7% 1% 0% 0% 9% 19% 0% 16% 0% 3% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
7 2 24 1 29 0 0 5 3 2 2 36 36 3 29 4 53 17 2 4 11 5 18 0 0 9 53 0 0 9 4 4 16 3 1 4,532

% of Total
19% 0% 30% 10% 15% 0% 0% 17% 12% 10% 8% 23% 18% 4% 66% 44% 15% 38% 4% 11% 6% 3% 8% 0% 0% 16% 33% 0% 0% 16% 1% 21% 23% 13% 2% 13%