County jail inmate population report, 2005 February

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

February 24, 2005

SUBJECT: County Jail Report February 2005

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for February 2005. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, February 3, 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 February 2005, the number of inmates held in county jails decreased by 189 inmates to 33,009. Total capacity increased by 3 inmates to 36,860. The number of inmates awaiting trial decreased by 101 inmates to 20,187, and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions decreased by 111 inmates to 4,375.

The complete jail report for each month from February 1987 through February 2005 is available on the web at: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/research/publicsafety.html

Please contact me at 404-679-3147 if you have any questions.

BD Enclosures

SUMMARY COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT1 February 3, 2005
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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES DECREASED by 189 from 33,198 in January to: 33,009 2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) INCREASED by 3 from 36,857 in January to: 36,860 3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 90% 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY DECREASED by 3 from 41 in January to: 38 5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS DECREASED by 111 from 4,486 in January to: 4,375 6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 13% 7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL DECREASED by 101 from 20,288 in January to: 20,187 8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES 61% 9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES DECREASED by 25 from 4,532 in January to: 4,507 10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES 14% 11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES INCREASED by 48 from 3,892 in January to: 3,940 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.

Composition of County Jail Population February 2005

Pretrial Inmates: 20,187 or 61%

County Sentenced Inmates: 4,507 or 14%

Other Inmates: 3,940 or 12%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,375 or 13%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

36,860

January 1987 - February 2005
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 - February 2005

36000 33000 30000 27000 24000 21000 18000 15000 12000
9000

*See note below.

33,009

*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-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

INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

22000

January 1987 - February 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.

20,187

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

January 1987 - February 2005

5000

4,375

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

*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
64 6 73 1 170 36 143 571 121 23 585 16 13 33 45 175 103 93 18 144 41 412 195 0 1387 0 42 479 403 0 1341 30 2492 177 184 212 99 252 12 172 62 144 78 2716 48 94

Jail Capacity
84 18 68 14 187 60 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

Inmates as % of Capacity
76% 33% 107% 7% 91% 60% 159% 121% 89% 32% 100% 50% 57% 73% 66% 165% 107% 93% 43% 96% 57% 69% 79% 0% 113% 0% 89% 94% 119% 0% 72% 115% 95% 94% 88% 96% 92% 84% 55% 101% 65% 272% 45% 75% 86% 64%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
6 0 0 0 12 2 52 98 10 8 94 5 2 3 6 59 9 9 13 6 5 0 15 0 192 0 0 60 76 0 364 11 316 32 14 34 4 47 0 29 17 10 19 147 0 9

% of Total
9% 0% 0% 0% 7% 6% 36% 17% 8% 35% 16% 31% 15% 9% 13% 34% 9% 10% 72% 4% 12% 0% 8% 0% 14% 0% 0% 13% 19% 0% 27% 37% 13% 18% 8% 16% 4% 19% 0% 17% 27% 7% 24% 5% 0% 10%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
36 4 42 1 112 13 59 344 72 10 211 9 8 15 30 83 48 81 3 136 15 255 136 0 1094 0 34 332 216 0 474 15 1551 136 119 155 29 48 5 93 37 60 42 2091 28 39

% of Total
56% 67% 58% 100% 66% 36% 41% 60% 60% 43% 36% 56% 62% 45% 67% 47% 47% 87% 17% 94% 37% 62% 70% 0% 79% 0% 81% 69% 54% 0% 35% 50% 62% 77% 65% 73% 29% 19% 42% 54% 60% 42% 54% 77% 58% 41%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
3 1 4 0 26 0 22 119 14 2 23 0 0 2 0 21 4 3 2 1 2 16 17 0 83 0 0 69 108 0 316 2 579 7 3 23 4 146 2 21 6 36 3 369 0 3

% of Total
5% 17% 5% 0% 15% 0% 15% 21% 12% 9% 4% 0% 0% 6% 0% 12% 4% 3% 11% 1% 5% 4% 9% 0% 6% 0% 0% 14% 27% 0% 24% 7% 23% 4% 2% 11% 4% 58% 17% 12% 10% 25% 4% 14% 0% 3%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
19 1 27 0 20 21 10 10 25 3 257 2 3 13 9 12 42 0 0 1 19 141 27 0 18 0 8 18 3 0 187 2 46 2 48 0 62 11 5 29 2 38 14 109 20 43

% of Total
30% 17% 37% 0% 12% 58% 7% 2% 21% 13% 44% 13% 23% 39% 20% 7% 41% 0% 0% 1% 46% 34% 14% 0% 1% 0% 19% 4% 1% 0% 14% 7% 2% 1% 26% 0% 63% 4% 42% 17% 3% 26% 18% 4% 42% 46%

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
760 625 34
0 87 33 92 11 60 201 771 202 60 2889 134 0 356 190 70 47 1858 132 655 43 129 88 55 30 420 333 86 122 23 28 24 5 20 116 87 20 169 62 150 51 0 587

Jail Capacity
1244 810 66
0 106 50 102 26 84 384 724 134 72 2688 142
0 344 142 124 125 1204 130 489 80 60 100 48 28 419 507 20 121 64 68 128 24 12 125 142 10 270 75 112 77
0 606

Inmates as % of Capacity
61% 77% 52% 0% 82% 66% 90% 42% 71% 52% 106% 151% 83% 107% 94% 0% 103% 134% 56% 38% 154% 102% 134% 54% 215% 88% 115% 107% 100% 66% 430% 101% 36% 41% 19% 21% 167% 93% 61% 200% 63% 83% 134% 66% 0% 97%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
93 150 11
0 6 1 4 2 9 30 104 88 10 97 7 0 36 40 8 30 195 10 61 2 15 5 13 27 48 70 4 23 1 4 0 1 12 13 37 6 5 8 10 7 0 60

% of Total
12% 24% 32% 0% 7% 3% 4% 18% 15% 15% 13% 44% 17% 3% 5% 0% 10% 21% 11% 64% 10% 8% 9% 5% 12% 6% 24% 90% 11% 21% 5% 19% 4% 14% 0% 20% 60% 11% 43% 30% 3% 13% 7% 14% 0% 10%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
380 388 20
0 64 25 36 8 5 134 407 85 40 2209 99 0 258 97 42 10 1018 98 432 40 94 49 42 2 241 195 32 84 9 22 14 3 5 51 5 11 134 41 122 17 0 425

% of Total
50% 62% 59% 0% 74% 76% 39% 73% 8% 67% 53% 42% 67% 76% 74% 0% 72% 51% 60% 21% 55% 74% 66% 93% 73% 56% 76% 7% 57% 59% 37% 69% 39% 79% 58% 60% 25% 44% 6% 55% 79% 66% 81% 33% 0% 72%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
244 76 3 0 5 4 2 1 29 36 155 28 10 226 6 0 1 37 3 1 172 12 119 0 9 1 0 1 129 51 0 10 2 2 4 1 0 10 17 0 9 13 8 4 0 56

% of Total
32% 12% 9% 0% 6% 12% 2% 9% 48% 18% 20% 14% 17% 8% 4% 0% 0% 19% 4% 2% 9% 9% 18% 0% 7% 1% 0% 3% 31% 15% 0% 8% 9% 7% 17% 20% 0% 9% 20% 0% 5% 21% 5% 8% 0% 10%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

43

6%

11

2%

0

0%

0

0%

12

14%

3

9%

50

54%

0

0%

17

28%

1

0%

105

14%

1

0%

0

0%

357

12%

22

16%

0

0%

61

17%

16

8%

17

24%

6

13%

473

25%

12

9%

43

7%

1

2%

11

9%

33

38%

0

0%

0

0%

2

0%

17

5%

50

58%

5

4%

11

48%

0

0%

6

25%

0

0%

3

15%

42

36%

28

32%

3

15%

21

12%

0

0%

10

7%

23

45%

0

0%

46

8%

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
104 151 66 41 59 16
3 18 92 101 0 46 90 944 377 43 4 221 64 50 57 42 167 10 57 0 44 14 1061 317 12 49 39 440 70 0 166 9 0 62 16 25 28 137 167 89

Jail Capacity
130 217 114 68 64 30 106 24 116 168
0 67 120 927 600 32 4 244 82 44 72 34 138 30 120 0 36 32 910 308 12 49 54 468 98 12 262 22 0 46 25 36 42 240 260 128

Inmates as % of Capacity
80% 70% 58% 60% 92% 53% 3% 75% 79% 60% 0% 69% 75% 102% 63% 134% 100% 91% 78% 114% 79% 124% 121% 33% 48% 0% 122% 44% 117% 103% 100% 100% 72% 94% 71% 0% 63% 41% 0% 135% 64% 69% 67% 57% 64% 70%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
15 31 1 14 12 2 3 3 18 12 0 4 14 205 128 10 0 10 8 12 33 4 11 8 4 0 4 3 98 43 3 17 7 23 16 0 12 2 0 11 1 7 1 19 14 15

% of Total
14% 21% 2% 34% 20% 13% 100% 17% 20% 12% 0% 9% 16% 22% 34% 23% 0% 5% 13% 24% 58% 10% 7% 80% 7% 0% 9% 21% 9% 14% 25% 35% 18% 5% 23% 0% 7% 22% 0% 18% 6% 28% 4% 14% 8% 17%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
46 45 27 21 36 12 0 11 44 52 0 21 53 497 219 23 0 167 3 35 18 31 141 1 33 0 19 10 637 219 9 22 21 319 24 0 112 5 0 29 13 12 14 82 21 53

% of Total
44% 30% 41% 51% 61% 75% 0% 61% 48% 51% 0% 46% 59% 53% 58% 53% 0% 76% 5% 70% 32% 74% 84% 10% 58% 0% 43% 71% 60% 69% 75% 45% 54% 73% 34% 0% 67% 56% 0% 47% 81% 48% 50% 60% 13% 60%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
12 9 0 0 0 2 0 4 22 16 0 1 20 109 22 6 0 17 24 2 5 7 15 0 0 0 8 0 113 39 0 10 4 97 4 0 7 2 0 17 1 0 5 17 70 2

% of Total
12% 6% 0% 0% 0% 13% 0% 22% 24% 16% 0% 2% 22% 12% 6% 14% 0% 8% 38% 4% 9% 17% 9% 0% 0% 0% 18% 0% 11% 12% 0% 20% 10% 22% 6% 0% 4% 22% 0% 27% 6% 0% 18% 12% 42% 2%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

31

30%

66

44%

38

58%

6

15%

11

19%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

8

9%

21

21%

0

0%

20

43%

3

3%

133

14%

8

2%

4

9%

4

100%

27

12%

29

45%

1

2%

1

2%

0

0%

0

0%

1

10%

20

35%

0

0%

13

30%

1

7%

213

20%

16

5%

0

0%

0

0%

7

18%

1

0%

26

37%

0

0%

35

21%

0

0%

0

0%

5

8%

1

6%

6

24%

8

29%

19

14%

62

37%

19

21%

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
39 19 352 29 26 43 79 200 305 212 0 42 75 0 12 56 390 26 57 32 27 33,009

Jail Capacity
50 18 240 102 48 54 213 209 376 232 0 51 170 0 18 64 548 16 80 44 46 36,860

Inmates as % of Capacity
78% 106% 147% 28% 54% 80% 37% 96% 81% 91%
0% 82% 44% 0% 67% 88% 71% 163% 71% 73% 59% 90%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
5 1 85 0 0 20 23 73 65 8 0 1 8 0 3 8 30 12 8 2 7 4,375

% of Total
13% 5% 24% 0% 0% 47% 29% 37% 21% 4% 0% 2% 11% 0% 25% 14% 8% 46% 14% 6% 26% 13%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

14 16 210 0 0 16 10 111 193 170 0 32 45 0 4 30 296 11 17 26 15 20,187

36% 84% 60% 0% 0% 37% 13% 56% 63% 80% 0% 76% 60% 0% 33% 54% 76% 42% 30% 81% 56% 61%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
8 2 8 24 25 7 30 13 35 26 0 1 0 0 1 1 62 2 10 1 3 4,507

% of Total
21% 11% 2% 83% 96% 16% 38% 7% 11% 12% 0% 2% 0% 0% 8% 2% 16% 8% 18% 3% 11% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

12 0 49 5 1 0 16 3 12 8 0 8 22 0 4 17 2 1 22 3 2 3,940

31% 0% 14% 17% 4% 0% 20% 2% 4% 4% 0% 19% 29% 0% 33% 30% 1% 4% 39% 9% 7% 12%