County jail inmate population report, 2004 September

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

September 24, 2004

SUBJECT: County Jail Report September 2004

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for September 2004. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, September 2, 2004. 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 2004, the number of inmates held in county jails increased by 456 inmates to 34,193. Meanwhile, there was no change in the capacity of county jails, capacity remains at 36,539. There were errors on the capacity of county jail figures on the Memorandum, first page, on July 2004 and August 2004 jail reports; however, these figures have been corrected on the Department of Community Affairs website.

The number of inmates awaiting trial increased by 304 inmates to 21,135 and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions decreased by 108 inmates to 4,019.

The complete jail report for each month from January 1987 through September 2004 is available on the web at: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/research/publicsafety.html

Also, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs recently completed their 2004 Wage and Salary Survey. According to the survey (243 municipalities reporting), the average starting salary for a municipal police officer is $23,536; meanwhile, the average starting salary of a county police officer (13 counties reporting) is $28,495 and the average starting salary for a deputy sheriff is $23,355 (121 counties reporting).
This link will also allow you to research salary levels from 1996-2004 and to review a wide variety of salary ranges for local government positions at: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/dcawss/reports.html
Please contact me at 404-679-3147 if you have any questions.

BD Enclosures

SUMMARY

COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT1 September 2, 2004

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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES 34,193

INCREASED by 456 from 33,737 in August 2004 to:

2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS)

NO CHANGE: 36,539

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

94% DECREASED by 6 from 52 in August 2004 to: 462

5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

DECREASED by 108 from 4,127 in August 2004 to: 4,019

6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 12%

7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL INCREASED by 304 from 20,831 in August 2004 to: 21,135

8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES

62%

9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

INCREASED by 257 from 4,556 in August 2004 to: 4,813

10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES

14%

11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES

INCREASED by 3 from 4,223 in August 2004 to:

4,226

12. PERCENTAGE OF OTHER INMATES

12%

13. PERCENTAGE OF JAILS REPORTING

100%

14. PERCENTAGE OF STATE POPULATION WITH JAILS REPORTING 100%

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 county 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 to other county jails for housing are counted by the county jail housing those inmates. Since municipalities do not report inmate statistics, any Sheriff that sends inmates to a city jail for housing should count those inmates in their county totals when reporting to GCIC.

Composition of County Jail Population September 2004

Pretrial Inmates: 21,135 or 62%

County Sentenced Inmates: 4,813 or 14%

Other Inmates: 4,226 or 12%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,019 or 12%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

36,539

January 1987 - September 2004
36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000 18000

*See notes below.

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 Jan-05 Jul-05

*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.

JAIL POPULATION
January 1987 - September 2004

36000

34,193

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000

18000 15000

*See note below.

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 Jan-05 Jul-05

*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.

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

January 1987 - September 2004

5000 4500

4,019

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 Jan-05 Jul-05

*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.

INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

22000

January 1987 - September 2004

21,135

20000

18000

16000

14000

12000 10000

*See note below.

8000

6000

4000

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 Jan-05 Jul-05

*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 063 GLYNN 064 GORDON

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
81 10 72 10 172 32 148 589 109 30 611 26 19 40 49 151 81 97 15 147 40 434 187 NO JAIL 1438 NO JAIL 42 504 397 8 1293 23 2528 166 250 228 91 287 17 159 86 109 99 2761 59 101 875 663 49 NO JAIL 97 65 90 14 70 241 779 197 69 2931 148 NO JAIL 343 227

Jail Capacity
84 18 68 14 187 30 90 472 136 72 585 32 23 45 68 106 96 100 42 150 72 597 248 0 1224 0 47 512 338 16 1860 26 2634 188 210 220 108 300 22 170 96 53 175 3636 56 148 1244 810 66 0 106 50 102 26 84 384 724 134 72 2688 142 0 344 142

Inmates as % of Capacity
96% 56% 106% 71% 92% 107% 164% 125% 80% 42% 104% 81% 83% 89% 72% 142% 84% 97% 36% 98% 56% 73% 75% 0% 117% 0% 89% 98% 117% 50% 70% 88% 96% 88% 119% 104% 84% 96% 77% 94% 90% 206% 57% 76% 105% 68% 70% 82% 74% 0% 92% 130% 88% 54% 83% 63% 108% 147% 96% 109% 104% 0% 100% 160%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
12 5 1 5 16 4 68 61 12 5 141 4 2 5 12 52 4 10 1 5 5 0 7 0 98 0 18 66 61 1 274 9 242 23 16 37 6 51 1 21 3 5 24 150 4 6 85 167 8 0 23 11 7 4 4 33 67 62 21 112 6 0 38 44

% of Total
15% 50% 1% 50% 9% 13% 46% 10% 11% 17% 23% 15% 11% 13% 24% 34% 5% 10% 7% 3% 13% 0% 4% 0% 7% 0% 43% 13% 15% 13% 21% 39% 10% 14% 6% 16% 7% 18% 6% 13% 3% 5% 24% 5% 7% 6% 10% 25% 16% 0% 24% 17% 8% 29% 6% 14% 9% 31% 30% 4% 4% 0% 11% 19%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
36 2 41 2 114 18 61 389 79 15 196 20 13 20 28 77 51 82 13 139 12 272 140 0 1232 0 18 395 197 7 496 6 1733 125 110 156 14 149 7 99 57 52 48 2126 55 63 459 395 24 0 58 26 30 3 0 131 396 100 40 2248 132 0 201 109

% of Total
44% 20% 57% 20% 66% 56% 41% 66% 72% 50% 32% 77% 68% 50% 57% 51% 63% 85% 87% 95% 30% 63% 75% 0% 86% 0% 43% 78% 50% 88% 38% 26% 69% 75% 44% 68% 15% 52% 41% 62% 66% 48% 48% 77% 93% 62% 52% 60% 49% 0% 60% 40% 33% 21% 0% 54% 51% 51% 58% 77% 89% 0% 59% 48%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
0 1 4 1 23 7 11 117 9 2 36 2 0 1 0 12 8 5 1 2 3 31 10 0 85 0 0 34 137 0 333 1 505 2 9 35 5 79 1 15 2 46 23 375 0 3 287 86 8 0 14 24 4 7 23 76 176 34 7 231 0 0 5 55

% of Total
0% 10% 6% 10% 13% 22% 7% 20% 8% 7% 6% 8% 0% 3% 0% 8% 10% 5% 7% 1% 8% 7% 5% 0% 6% 0% 0% 7% 35% 0% 26% 4% 20% 1% 4% 15% 5% 28% 6% 9% 2% 42% 23% 14% 0% 3% 33% 13% 16% 0% 14% 37% 4% 50% 33% 32% 23% 17% 10% 8% 0% 0% 1% 24%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
28 4 54 0 16 7 15 27 7 0 235 3 7 29 22 12 19 1 2 3 8 97 61 0 44 0 10 70 4 0 195 10 65 2 137 0 25 11 2 39 10 0 3 121 0 13 62 16 14 0 0 4 49 3 1 1 193 0 1 580 29 0 92 13

% of Total
38% 57% 66% 0% 9% 24% 10% 5% 9% 0% 40% 12% 39% 41% 34% 8% 23% 1% 29% 2% 42% 23% 28% 0% 3% 0% 10% 15% 1% 0% 14% 48% 3% 1% 49% 0% 52% 4% 14% 21% 9% 0% 3% 4% 0% 19% 6% 3% 20% 0% 0% 6% 55% 25% 3% 0% 25% 0% 1% 20% 26% 0% 27% 7%

Jurisdiction
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 125 SEMINOLE 126 SPALDING 127 STEPHENS

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
79 85 1743 108 612 21 107 77 39 27 478 338 30 134 38 26 44 13 20 123 144 9 190 66 150 71 NO JAIL 556 136 146 56 26 45 17 106 23 78 146 NO JAIL 55 119 972 360 46 2 217 73 43 55 40 195 19 60 NO JAIL 42 25 1060 337 8 53 35 524 76

Inmates

Jail as % of

Capacity Capacity

124

64%

125

68%

1204

145%

130

83%

489

125%

80

26%

60

178%

100

77%

48

81%

28

96%

419

114%

507

67%

20

150%

121

111%

64

59%

68

38%

72

61%

24

54%

12

167%

125

98%

142

101%

10

90%

270

70%

75

88%

112

134%

77

92%

0

0%

606

92%

130

105%

217

67%

114

49%

68

38%

64

70%

30

57%

106

100%

24

96%

116

67%

168

87%

0

0%

67

82%

120

99%

927

105%

600

60%

32

144%

1

200%

244

89%

82

89%

44

98%

72

76%

34

118%

138

141%

30

63%

120

50%

0

0%

36

117%

32

78%

910

116%

308

109%

12

67%

49

108%

54

65%

468

112%

98

78%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
5 38 136 11 74 10 11 9 10 14 67 53 8 14 7 5 3 2 10 0 10 2 8 5 24 5 0 43 26 23 6 1 9 4 9 2 11 11 0 15 11 196 240 7 0 12 1 4 1 0 9 2 20 0 3 2 87 50 3 9 7 37 11

% of Total
6% 45% 8% 10% 12% 48% 10% 12% 26% 52% 14% 16% 27% 10% 18% 19% 7% 15% 50% 0% 7% 22% 4% 8% 16% 7% 0% 8% 19% 16% 11% 4% 20% 24% 8% 9% 14% 8% 0% 27% 9% 20% 67% 15% 0% 6% 1% 9% 2% 0% 5% 11% 33% 0% 7% 8% 8% 15% 38% 17% 20% 7% 14%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
44 32 952 74 280 11 67 42 27 12 251 224 22 109 14 19 28 7 4 51 43 4 158 54 114 15 0 391 43 52 24 21 31 12 73 8 41 99 0 27 72 503 73 28 1 144 4 39 32 28 160 16 26 0 33 22 642 214 5 30 22 396 35

% of Total
56% 38% 55% 69% 46% 52% 63% 55% 69% 44% 53% 66% 73% 81% 37% 73% 64% 54% 20% 41% 30% 44% 83% 82% 76% 21% 0% 70% 32% 36% 43% 81% 69% 71% 69% 35% 53% 68% 0% 49% 61% 52% 20% 61% 50% 66% 5% 91% 58% 70% 82% 84% 43% 0% 79% 88% 61% 64% 63% 57% 63% 76% 46%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 0 152 5 200 0 11 7 0 1 145 47 0 6 2 2 2 0 1 29 1 0 13 5 6 5 0 69 19 12 2 0 0 1 16 10 17 27 0 1 30 144 19 9 1 19 27 0 1 12 21 0 0 0 6 0 97 40 0 11 1 91 6

% of Total
6% 0% 9% 5% 33% 0% 10% 9% 0% 4% 30% 14% 0% 4% 5% 8% 5% 0% 5% 24% 1% 0% 7% 8% 4% 7% 0% 12% 14% 8% 4% 0% 0% 6% 15% 43% 22% 18% 0% 2% 25% 15% 5% 20% 50% 9% 37% 0% 2% 30% 11% 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 9% 12% 0% 21% 3% 17% 8%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

1

1%

9

11%

442

27%

7

9%

150

24%

20

53%

44

38%

52

63%

1

2%

0

0%

5

1%

3

1%

4

12%

0

0%

1

4%

10

23%

10

19%

1

11%

5

45%

28

31%

73

54%

0

0%

76

31%

3

4%

7

6%

60

77%

0

0%

43

8%

47

44%

25

23%

5

8%

5

14%

5

25%

0

0%

3

3%

5

16%

3

5%

22

23%

0

0%

28

44%

19

17%

119

13%

6

2%

3

6%

0

0%

36

18%

33

65%

0

0%

20

36%

9

28%

0

0%

0

0%

29

34%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

131

14%

43

13%

0

0%

6

9%

13

31%

2

0%

32

45%

Jurisdiction
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
6 188
9 NO JAIL
67 31 29 31 152 172 77 34 15 377 50 33 49 152 206 252 226 NO JAIL 56 149 NO JAIL 14 63 390 23 86 30 49 34,193

Inmates

Jail as % of

Capacity Capacity

12

50%

262

72%

22

41%

0

0%

46

146%

25

124%

36

81%

42

74%

240

63%

260

66%

128

60%

50

68%

18

83%

240

157%

102

49%

48

69%

54

91%

213

71%

209

99%

144

175%

232

97%

0

0%

51

110%

170

88%

0

0%

18

78%

64

98%

548

71%

16

144%

80

108%

44

68%

46

107%

36,539 94%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
0 11 2 0 9 14 8 2 32 26 8 1 1 61 0 0 15 11 29 42 8 0 3 3 0 6 3 34 6 15 0 11 4,019

% of Total
0% 6% 22% 0% 13% 45% 28% 6% 21% 15% 10% 3% 7% 16% 0% 0% 31% 7% 14% 17% 4% 0% 5% 2% 0% 43% 5% 9% 26% 17% 0% 22% 12%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
6 143
5 0 42 15 14 23 74 40 43 14 8 246 0 0 25 103 149 129 171 0 23 120 0 2 43 285 11 32 18 29 21,135

% of Total
100% 76% 56% 0% 63% 48% 48% 74% 49% 23% 56% 41% 53% 65% 0% 0% 51% 68% 72% 51% 76% 0% 41% 81% 0% 14% 68% 73% 48% 37% 60% 59% 62%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
0 9 2 0 14 2 2 3 20 61 5 12 1 37 41 28 4 23 15 32 32 0 3 0 0 0 2 69 4 22 0 3 4,813

% of Total
0% 5% 22% 0% 21% 6% 7% 10% 13% 35% 6% 35% 7% 10% 82% 85% 8% 15% 7% 13% 14% 0% 5% 0% 0% 0% 3% 18% 17% 26% 0% 6% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

0 16 0 0 1 3 3 5 45 33 6 32 3 25 16 3 0 12 7 18 4 0 20 36 0 1 2 5 4 18 6 7 4,511

0% 10% 0% 0% 2% 16% 10% 17% 27% 19% 8% 74% 21% 8% 28% 7% 0% 9% 4% 8% 2% 0% 26% 24% 0% 10% 3% 4% 27% 25% 19% 16% 14%