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 **************************************************************************************************************************** ** 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%