County jail inmate population report, 2005 December

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

December 20, 2005

SUBJECT: County Jail Report December 2005

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for December 2005. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, December 1, 2005. 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 December 2005, the number of inmates held in county jails decreased by 1,316 inmates to 37,656. Total capacity increased by 268 inmates, to 38,441, with an addition to the jail in Ware County, their new capacity is 500. The number of inmates awaiting trial decreased by 314 inmates to 22,860, and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions decreased by 259 inmates to 4,702.

The complete jail report is available on the web at: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/development/research/programs/jailReports.asp

Also, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs has completed the 2005 Wage and Salary Survey. According to the survey (233 municipalities reporting), the average starting salary for a municipal police officer is $24,556; meanwhile, the average starting salary of a county police officer (9 counties reporting) is $28,468 and the average starting salary for a deputy sheriff is $24,318 (113 counties reporting).

This link will also allow you to research salary levels from 1996-2005 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.

Have a nice holiday.

BD Enclosures

SUMMARY COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT1 December 1, 2005
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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES DECREASED by 1,316 from 38,972 in November to: 37,656 2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) INCREASED by 268 from 38,173 in November to: 38,441 3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 98% 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY DECREASED by 4 from 54 in November to: 50 5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS DECREASED by 259 from 4,961 in November to: 4,702 6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 12% 7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL DECREASED by 314 from 23,174 in November to: 22,860 8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES 61% 9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES DECREASED by 171 from 5,545 in November to: 5,374 10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES 14% 11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES DECREASED by 572 from 5,292 in November to: 4,720 12. PERCENTAGE OF OTHER INMATES 13% 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.

Composition of County Jail Population December 2005

Pretrial Inmates: 22,860 or 61%

County Sentenced Inmates: 5,374 or 14%

Other Inmates: 4,720 or 13%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,702 or 12%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

38,441

January 1988 - December 2005
36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000 18000

*See notes below.

15000

12000

9000

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 Jan-06

*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

37,656

January 1987 - December 2005

36000

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 Jan-06

*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.

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 Jan-06

INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

22000

January 1987 - December 2005

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.

22,860

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

January 1987 - December 2005

4,702

5000

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 Jan-05 Jul-05 Jan-06

*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

NO JAIL

025 CHATHAM

026 CHATTAHOOCHEE NO JAIL

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

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
72 3 45 3 182 47 213 637 97 57 600 13 15 58 62 233 114 92 16 176 56 521 187 0 1447 0 109 545 417 0 1522 17 2667 178 193 193 72 296 14 152 75 153 98 3008 59 136

Jail Capacity
84 18 68 14 187 60 90 472 136 72 585 23 23 112 68 106 138 100 42 150 72 597 248 0 1224 0 47 512 338 16 1920 26 2559 188 210 220 108 300 22 170 96 120 175 3636 56 148

Inmates as % of Capacity
86% 17% 66% 21% 97% 78% 237% 135% 71% 79% 103% 57% 65% 52% 91% 220% 83% 92% 38% 117% 78% 87% 75% 0% 118% 0% 232% 106% 123% 0% 79% 65% 104% 95% 92% 88% 67% 99% 64% 89% 78% 128% 56% 83% 105% 92%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
11 1 4 0 18 0 15 133 17 9 126 0 2 0 20 69 7 20 10 8 10 44 36 0 90 0 12 63 39 0 160 6 384 29 28 25 4 54 3 14 17 12 27 162 2 4

% of Total
15% 33% 9% 0% 10% 0% 7% 21% 18% 16% 21% 0% 13% 0% 32% 30% 6% 22% 63% 5% 18% 8% 19% 0% 6% 0% 11% 12% 9% 0% 11% 35% 14% 16% 15% 13% 6% 18% 21% 9% 23% 8% 28% 5% 3% 3%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
33 0 32 1 134 17 83 377 74 19 219 12 10 42 37 117 63 70 3 158 30 124 115 0 1268 0 70 411 281 0 730 7 1722 143 116 145 8 140 5 92 27 73 53 2317 39 41

% of Total
46% 0% 71% 33% 74% 36% 39% 59% 76% 33% 37% 92% 67% 72% 60% 50% 55% 76% 19% 90% 54% 24% 61% 0% 88% 0% 64% 75% 67% 0% 48% 41% 65% 80% 60% 75% 11% 47% 36% 61% 36% 48% 54% 77% 66% 30%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
1 1 1 1 8 1 21 112 3 8 30 0 0 8 1 39 6 1 2 10 5 268 27 0 64 0 23 61 96 0 487 2 524 5 6 23 3 94 0 19 10 40 18 409 0 0

% of Total
1% 33% 2% 33% 4% 2% 10% 18% 3% 14% 5% 0% 0% 14% 2% 17% 5% 1% 13% 6% 9% 51% 14% 0% 4% 0% 21% 11% 23% 0% 32% 12% 20% 3% 3% 12% 4% 32% 0% 13% 13% 26% 18% 14% 0% 0%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
27 1 8 1 22 29 94 15 3 21 225 1 3 8 4 8 38 1 1 0 11 85 9 0 25 0 4 10 1 0 145 2 37 1 43 0 57 8 6 27 21 28 0 120 18 91

% of Total
38% 33% 18% 33% 12% 62% 44% 2% 3% 37% 38% 8% 20% 14% 6% 3% 33% 1% 6% 0% 20% 16% 5% 0% 2% 0% 4% 2% 0% 0% 10% 12% 1% 1% 22% 0% 79% 3% 43% 18% 28% 18% 0% 4% 31% 67%

Jurisdiction

047 DOUGHERTY

048 DOUGLAS

049 EARLY

050 ECHOLS

NO JAIL

051 EFFINGHAM

052 ELBERT

053 EMANUEL

054 EVANS

055 FANNIN

056 FAYETTE

057 FLOYD

058 FORSYTH

059 FRANKLIN

060 FULTON

061 GILMER

062 GLASCOCK

NO JAIL

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

NO JAIL

092 LOWNDES

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
869 689 92
0 77 69 104 10 79 203 845 197 77 3177 118 0 388 263 62 82 1791 124 883 28 107 71 64 41 546 462 494 273 39 36 96 11 16 119 117 13 290 72 173 39 0 646

Jail Capacity
1230 810 66
0 106 50 102 26 84 384 724 134 72 2688 142
0 344 142 124 125 1204 130 489 80 95 100 53 60 419 507 620 121 64 68 128 24 12 125 158 10 270 75 112 77
0 606

Inmates as % of Capacity
71% 85% 139% 0% 73% 138% 102% 38% 94% 53% 117% 147% 107% 118% 83% 0% 113% 185% 50% 66% 149% 95% 181% 35% 113% 71% 121% 68% 130% 91% 80% 226% 61% 53% 75% 46% 133% 95% 74% 130% 107% 96% 154% 51% 0% 107%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
91 177
6 0 19 22 3 2 16 27 111 56 11 69 18 0 53 68 9 33 136 21 129 0 12 8 15 7 68 82 6 121 10 9 7 3 8 10 5 9 10 14 13 2 0 25

% of Total
10% 26% 7% 0% 25% 32% 3% 20% 20% 13% 13% 28% 14% 2% 15% 0% 14% 26% 15% 40% 8% 17% 15% 0% 11% 11% 23% 17% 12% 18% 1% 44% 26% 25% 7% 27% 50% 8% 4% 69% 3% 19% 8% 5% 0% 4%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
451 402 30
0 45 35 27 7 45 123 423 119 54 2486 79 0 244 138 26 32 920 78 611 26 70 44 46 26 348 280 21 27 9 27 17 3 5 23 35 3 257 45 144 30 0 499

% of Total
52% 58% 33% 0% 58% 51% 26% 70% 57% 61% 50% 60% 70% 78% 67% 0% 63% 52% 42% 39% 51% 63% 69% 93% 65% 62% 72% 63% 64% 61% 4% 10% 23% 75% 18% 27% 31% 19% 30% 23% 89% 63% 83% 77% 0% 77%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
271 87 10 0 7 4 0 1 1 53 162 22 8 179 1 0 4 43 6 2 225 13 132 0 10 2 1 8 127 74 0 115 5 0 6 2 1 31 5 1 10 11 5 6 0 75

% of Total
31% 13% 11% 0% 9% 6% 0% 10% 1% 26% 19% 11% 10% 6% 1% 0% 1% 16% 10% 2% 13% 10% 15% 0% 9% 3% 2% 20% 23% 16% 0% 42% 13% 0% 6% 18% 6% 26% 4% 8% 3% 15% 3% 15% 0% 12%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

56

6%

23

3%

46

50%

0

0%

6

8%

8

12%

74

71%

0

0%

17

22%

0

0%

149

18%

0

0%

4

5%

443

14%

20

17%

0

0%

87

22%

14

5%

21

34%

15

18%

510

28%

12

10%

11

1%

2

7%

15

14%

17

24%

2

3%

0

0%

3

1%

26

6%

467

95%

10

4%

15

38%

0

0%

66

69%

3

27%

2

13%

55

46%

72

62%

0

0%

13

4%

2

3%

11

6%

1

3%

0

0%

47

7%

Jurisdiction

093 LUMPKIN

094 MCDUFFIE

095 MCINTOSH

096 MACON

097 MADISON

098 MARION

099 MERIWETHER

100 MILLER

101 MITCHELL

102 MONROE

103 MONTGOMERY

NO JAIL

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

NO JAIL

119 RABUN

120 RANDOLPH

121 RICHMOND

122 ROCKDALE

123 SCHLEY

124 SCREVEN

125 SEMINOLE

126 SPALDING

127 STEPHENS

128 STEWART

129 SUMTER

130 TALBOT

131 TALIAFERO

NO JAIL

132 TATTNALL

133 TAYLOR

134 TELFAIR

135 TERRELL

136 THOMAS

137 TIFT

138 TOOMBS

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
140 175 83 24 71 31 107 37 62 117
0 58 123 977 538 47 16 239 73 59 59 34 158 19 81 0 87 14 1140 379 3 68 34 497 94 0 176 5 0 52 21 26 28 166 194 61

Jail Capacity
130 217 114 68 64 30 106 24 116 168
0 67 120 927 600 32 16 244 82 44 72 34 362 30 120 0 96 32 910 308 12 180 54 468 94 12 262 22 0 46 25 36 42 240 260 128

Inmates as % of Capacity
108% 81% 73% 35% 111% 103% 101% 154% 53% 70% 0% 87% 103% 105% 90% 147% 100% 98% 89% 134% 82% 100% 44% 63% 68% 0% 91% 44% 125% 123% 25% 38% 63% 106% 100% 0% 67% 23% 0% 113% 84% 72% 67% 69% 75% 48%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
24 35 3 0 9 15 22 4 12 18 0 12 27 173 140 6 0 10 1 4 2 1 13 2 4 0 20 3 217 88 0 15 7 75 16 0 17 0 0 13 7 14 3 34 19 8

% of Total
17% 20% 4% 0% 13% 48% 21% 11% 19% 15% 0% 21% 22% 18% 26% 13% 0% 4% 1% 7% 3% 3% 8% 11% 5% 0% 23% 21% 19% 23% 0% 22% 21% 15% 17% 0% 10% 0% 0% 25% 33% 54% 11% 20% 10% 13%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
68 53 34 20 47 14 59 22 38 71 0 36 79 539 222 27 6 132 1 34 43 25 120 16 43 0 44 11 778 251 0 33 16 305 61 0 105 5 0 26 8 6 18 87 35 37

% of Total
49% 30% 41% 83% 66% 45% 55% 59% 61% 61% 0% 62% 64% 55% 41% 57% 38% 55% 1% 58% 73% 74% 76% 84% 53% 0% 51% 79% 68% 66% 0% 49% 47% 61% 65% 0% 60% 100% 0% 50% 38% 23% 64% 52% 18% 61%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
20 16 1 0 0 1 22 7 5 26 0 1 14 140 87 8 9 9 31 17 2 8 14 1 5 0 12 0 78 30 1 14 1 117 3 0 6 0 0 9 4 3 1 30 108 6

% of Total
14% 9% 1% 0% 0% 3% 21% 19% 8% 22% 0% 2% 11% 14% 16% 17% 56% 4% 42% 29% 3% 24% 9% 5% 6% 0% 14% 0% 7% 8% 33% 21% 3% 24% 3% 0% 3% 0% 0% 17% 19% 12% 4% 18% 56% 10%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

28

20%

71

41%

45

54%

4

17%

15

21%

1

3%

4

4%

4

11%

7

11%

2

2%

0

0%

9

16%

3

2%

125

13%

89

17%

6

13%

1

6%

88

37%

40

55%

4

7%

12

20%

0

0%

11

7%

0

0%

29

36%

0

0%

11

13%

0

0%

67

6%

10

3%

2

67%

6

9%

10

29%

0

0%

14

15%

0

0%

48

27%

0

0%

0

0%

4

8%

2

10%

3

12%

6

21%

15

9%

32

16%

10

16%

Jurisdiction

139 TOWNS

140 TREUTLEN

141 TROUP

142 TURNER

143 TWIGGS

144 UNION

145 UPSON

146 WALKER

147 WALTON

148 WARE

149 WARREN

NO JAIL

150 WASHINGTON

151 WAYNE

152 WEBSTER

NO JAIL

153 WHEELER

154 WHITE

155 WHITFIELD

156 WILCOX

157 WILKES

158 WILKINSON

159 WORTH

Grand Totals

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
69 20 436 73 38 60 151 207 325 287 0 33 139 0 12 50 468 22 36 23 32 37,656

Jail Capacity
50 18 240 102 48 54 213 209 440 500 0 51 170 0 18 64 548 16 80 44 46 38,441

Inmates as % of Capacity
138% 111% 182% 72% 79% 111% 71% 99% 74% 57%
0% 65% 82% 0% 67% 78% 85% 138% 45% 52% 70% 98%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
4 4 115 0 0 21 25 50 60 22 0 1 15 0 3 4 51 6 9 3 0 4,702

% of Total
6% 20% 26% 0% 0% 35% 17% 24% 18% 8% 0% 3% 11% 0% 25% 8% 11% 27% 25% 13% 0% 12%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

29 16 273 0 0 27 95 137 144 184 0 24 110 0 6 39 314 15 20 8 26 22,860

42% 80% 63% 0% 0% 45% 63% 66% 44% 64% 0% 73% 79% 0% 50% 78% 67% 68% 56% 35% 81% 61%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 0 15 25 36 10 22 18 59 39 0 1 0 0 0 7 101 1 2 0 2 5,374

% of Total
7% 0% 3% 34% 95% 17% 15% 9% 18% 14% 0% 3% 0% 0% 0% 14% 22% 5% 6% 0% 6% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

31 0 33 48 2 2 9 2 62 42 0 7 14 0 3 0 2 0 5 12 4 4,720

45% 0% 8% 66% 5% 3% 6% 1% 19% 15% 0% 21% 10% 0% 25% 0% 0% 0% 14% 52% 13% 13%