County jail inmate population report, 2005 August

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

August 30, 2005

SUBJECT: County Jail Report August 2005

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for August 2005. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, August 4, 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 August 2005, the number of inmates held in county jails increased by 528 inmates to 37,350. Total capacity increased by 32 inmates to 38,161 with the opening of a new jail in Heard County (60 capacity). The number of inmates awaiting trial increased by 1,262 inmates to 23,504, and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions decreased by 246 inmates to 4,259.

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

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

BD Enclosures

SUMMARY COUNTY JAIL INMATE POPULATION REPORT1 August 4, 2005
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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES INCREASED by 528 from 36,822 in July to: 37,350 2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) INCREASED by 32 from 38,129 in July to: 38,161 3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 98% 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY DECREASED by 2 from 52 in July to: 50 5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS DECREASED by 246 from 4,505 in July to: 4,259 6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 11% 7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL INCREASED by 1,262 from 22,242 in July to: 23,504 8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES 63% 9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES DECREASED by 346 from 5,523 in July to: 5,177 10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES 14% 11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES DECREASED by 142 from 4,552 in July to: 4,410 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 August 2005

Pretrial Inmates: 23,504 or 63%

County Sentenced Inmates: 5,177 or 14%

Other Inmates: 4,410 or 12%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,259 or 11%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

38,161

September 1987 - August 2005
36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000 18000

*See notes below.

15000

12000

9000

Sep-87 Mar-88 Sep-88 Mar-89 Sep-89 Mar-90 Sep-90 Mar-91 Sep-91 Mar-92 Sep-92 Mar-93 Sep-93 Mar-94 Sep-94 Mar-95 Sep-95 Mar-96 Sep-96 Mar-97 Sep-97 Mar-98 Sep-98 Mar-99 Sep-99 Mar-00 Sep-00 Mar-01 Sep-01 Mar-02 Sep-02 Mar-03 Sep-03 Mar-04 Sep-04 Mar-05 Sep-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 - August 2005

37,350

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

*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

INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL

22000

January 1987 - August 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.

23,504

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

January 1987 - August 2005

5000

4,259

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
87 6 51 6 179 57 164 628 114 44 613 15 16 32 68 203 119 107 25 149 38 648 205 0 1458 0 82 508 413 11 1523 18 2641 167 169 222 105 290 13 171 78 165 74 2923 99 138

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 104%
33% 75% 43% 96% 95% 182% 133% 84% 61% 105% 65% 70% 29% 100% 192% 86% 107% 60% 99% 53% 109% 83% 0% 119% 0% 174% 99% 122% 69% 79% 69% 103% 89% 80% 101% 97% 97% 59% 101% 81% 138% 42% 80% 177% 93%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
12 1 0 4 23 1 17 109 9 0 87 1 1 3 12 43 12 5 6 12 10 37 32 0 110 0 0 56 38 4 120 4 245 18 16 29 6 68 0 25 16 13 14 158 14 5

% of Total
14% 17% 0% 67% 13% 2% 10% 17% 8% 0% 14% 7% 6% 9% 18% 21% 10% 5% 24% 8% 26% 6% 16% 0% 8% 0% 0% 11% 9% 36% 8% 22% 9% 11% 9% 13% 6% 23% 0% 15% 21% 8% 19% 5% 14% 4%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
43 2 26 0 111 18 77 412 90 43 262 14 12 25 51 138 70 97 15 133 20 334 141 0 1260 0 45 396 293 7 753 11 1825 140 123 171 37 161 8 95 28 64 52 2251 78 52

% of Total
49% 33% 51% 0% 62% 32% 47% 66% 79% 98% 43% 93% 75% 78% 75% 68% 59% 91% 60% 89% 53% 52% 69% 0% 86% 0% 55% 78% 71% 64% 49% 61% 69% 84% 73% 77% 35% 56% 62% 56% 36% 39% 70% 77% 79% 38%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
4 1 4 1 23 4 11 94 10 1 18 0 1 2 1 8 5 3 4 1 0 200 15 0 60 0 25 48 82 0 502 0 535 6 12 22 6 52 0 8 7 48 3 398 0 1

% of Total
5% 17% 8% 17% 13% 7% 7% 15% 9% 2% 3% 0% 6% 6% 1% 4% 4% 3% 16% 1% 0% 31% 7% 0% 4% 0% 30% 9% 20% 0% 33% 0% 20% 4% 7% 10% 6% 18% 0% 5% 9% 29% 4% 14% 0% 1%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
28 2 21 1 22 34 59 13 5 0 246 0 2 2 4 14 32 2 0 3 8 77 17 0 28 0 12 8 0 0 148 3 36 3 18 0 56 9 5 43 27 40 5 116 7 80

% of Total
32% 33% 41% 17% 12% 60% 36% 2% 4% 0% 40% 0% 13% 6% 6% 7% 27% 2% 0% 2% 21% 12% 8% 0% 2% 0% 15% 2% 0% 0% 10% 17% 1% 2% 11% 0% 53% 3% 38% 25% 35% 24% 7% 4% 7% 58%

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
818 698 52
0 86 50 101 15 81 203 885 227 66 3324 132 0 413 250 75 72 1886 142 633 35 85 77 46 38 528 433 361 152 17 48 90 12 18 131 139 14 241 91 162 70 0 623

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
67% 86% 79% 0% 81% 100% 99% 58% 96% 53% 122% 169% 92% 124% 93% 0% 120% 176% 60% 58% 157% 109% 129% 44% 89% 77% 87% 63% 126% 85% 58% 126% 27% 71% 70% 50% 150% 105% 88% 140% 89% 121% 145% 91% 0% 103%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
54 182
2 0 14 16 9 5 1 29 100 91 7 142 16 0 39 45 27 32 117 28 77 8 6 7 12 16 88 109 5 21 3 4 2 1 10 12 1 1 6 15 13 5 0 15

% of Total
7% 26% 4% 0% 16% 32% 9% 33% 1% 14% 11% 40% 11% 4% 12% 0% 9% 18% 36% 44% 6% 20% 12% 23% 7% 9% 26% 42% 17% 25% 1% 14% 18% 8% 2% 8% 56% 9% 1% 7% 2% 16% 8% 7% 0% 2%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
473 394 48
0 63 25 21 9 10 120 440 105 45 2616 108 0 288 136 23 31 921 95 426 26 51 33 33 13 298 238 25 110 8 30 14 8 6 57 36 8 212 58 132 22 0 490

% of Total
58% 56% 92% 0% 73% 50% 21% 60% 12% 59% 50% 46% 68% 79% 82% 0% 70% 54% 31% 43% 49% 67% 67% 74% 60% 43% 72% 34% 56% 55% 7% 72% 47% 63% 16% 67% 33% 44% 26% 57% 88% 64% 81% 31% 0% 79%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
247 104
2 0 7 4 1 1 51 53 213 31 11 243 2 0 6 47 7 3 241 6 100 1 15 1 0 9 133 71 0 18 1 0 12 0 0 9 8 0 12 17 7 4 0 63

% of Total
30% 15% 4% 0% 8% 8% 1% 7% 63% 26% 24% 14% 17% 7% 2% 0% 1% 19% 9% 4% 13% 4% 16% 3% 18% 1% 0% 24% 25% 16% 0% 12% 6% 0% 13% 0% 0% 7% 6% 0% 5% 19% 4% 6% 0% 10%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

44

5%

18

3%

0

0%

0

0%

2

2%

5

10%

70

69%

0

0%

19

23%

1

0%

132

15%

0

0%

3

5%

323

10%

6

5%

0

0%

80

19%

22

9%

18

24%

6

8%

607

32%

13

9%

30

5%

0

0%

13

15%

36

47%

1

2%

0

0%

9

2%

15

3%

331

92%

3

2%

5

29%

14

29%

62

69%

3

25%

2

11%

53

40%

94

68%

5

36%

11

5%

1

1%

10

6%

39

56%

0

0%

55

9%

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
160 184 88 31 74 20 83 36 86 119
0 70 105 1035 494 44 3 243 67 58 55 45 183 23 62 0 53 21 1031 398 10 54 34 586 67 1 200 15 0 63 18 33 24 210 179 83

Jail Capacity
130 217 114 68 64 30 106 24 116 168
0 67 120 927 600 32 4 244 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
123% 85% 77% 46% 116% 67% 78% 150% 74% 71% 0% 104% 88% 112% 82% 138% 75% 100% 82% 132% 76% 132% 51% 77% 52% 0% 55% 66% 113% 129% 83% 30% 63% 125% 71% 8% 76% 68% 0% 137% 72% 92% 57% 88% 69% 65%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
29 28 9 8 12 5 9 2 25 22 0 13 10 217 175 5 0 16 4 10 27 0 20 6 12 0 6 4 157 78 2 5 5 66 11 0 16 9 0 16 8 6 3 28 27 17

% of Total
18% 15% 10% 26% 16% 25% 11% 6% 29% 18% 0% 19% 10% 21% 35% 11% 0% 7% 6% 17% 49% 0% 11% 26% 19% 0% 11% 19% 15% 20% 20% 9% 15% 11% 16% 0% 8% 60% 0% 25% 44% 18% 13% 13% 15% 20%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
67 83 37 16 44 13 59 13 51 80 0 30 86 540 221 29 0 173 1 35 25 28 133 13 34 0 30 15 720 276 6 36 21 338 43 1 134 5 0 27 6 17 16 135 32 43

% of Total
42% 45% 42% 52% 59% 65% 71% 36% 59% 67% 0% 43% 82% 52% 45% 66% 0% 71% 1% 60% 45% 62% 73% 57% 55% 0% 57% 71% 70% 69% 60% 67% 62% 58% 64% 100% 67% 33% 0% 43% 33% 52% 67% 64% 18% 52%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
18 11 0 0 0 2 13 0 9 15 0 2 9 139 23 6 0 31 25 3 3 17 16 3 2 0 10 1 134 32 2 12 0 182 7 0 8 1 0 17 4 5 1 36 79 5

% of Total
11% 6% 0% 0% 0% 10% 16% 0% 10% 13% 0% 3% 9% 13% 5% 14% 0% 13% 37% 5% 5% 38% 9% 13% 3% 0% 19% 5% 13% 8% 20% 22% 0% 31% 10% 0% 4% 7% 0% 27% 22% 15% 4% 17% 44% 6%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

46

29%

62

34%

42

48%

7

23%

18

24%

0

0%

2

2%

21

58%

1

1%

2

2%

0

0%

25

36%

0

0%

139

13%

75

15%

4

9%

3

100%

23

9%

37

55%

10

17%

0

0%

0

0%

14

8%

1

4%

14

23%

0

0%

7

13%

1

5%

20

2%

12

3%

0

0%

1

2%

8

24%

0

0%

6

9%

0

0%

42

21%

0

0%

0

0%

3

5%

0

0%

5

15%

4

17%

11

5%

41

23%

18

22%

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
35 22 376 69 41 67 167 189 327 263 0 64 162 0 12 66 439 23 52 32 34 37,350

Jail Capacity
50 18 240 102 48 54 213 209 440 232 0 51 170 0 18 64 548 16 80 44 46 38,161

Inmates as % of Capacity
70% 122% 157% 68% 85% 124% 78% 90% 74% 113%
0% 125% 95%
0% 67% 103% 80% 144% 65% 73% 74% 98%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
2 8 55 0 0 23 35 58 34 17 0 4 10 0 4 0 55 6 8 19 4 4,259

% of Total
6% 36% 15% 0% 0% 34% 21% 31% 10% 6% 0% 6% 6% 0% 33% 0% 13% 26% 15% 59% 12% 11%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

16 9 275 0 0 22 96 112 174 206 0 54 122 0 6 39 307 12 18 6 29 23,504

46% 41% 73% 0% 0% 33% 57% 59% 53% 78% 0% 84% 75% 0% 50% 59% 70% 52% 35% 19% 85% 63%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 0 15 32 40 12 21 15 48 31 0 1 0 0 0 2 76 2 5 1 1 5,177

% of Total
14% 0% 4% 46% 98% 18% 13% 8% 15% 12% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 3% 17% 9% 10% 3% 3% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

12 5 31 37 1 10 15 4 71 9 0 5 30 0 2 25 1 3 21 6 0 4,410

34% 23% 8% 54% 2% 15% 9% 2% 22% 3% 0% 8% 19% 0% 17% 38% 0% 13% 40% 19% 0% 12%