County jail inmate population report, 2005 September

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM: Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

September 20, 2005

SUBJECT: County Jail Report September 2005

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for September 2005. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, September 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 September 2005, the number of inmates held in county jails increased by 701 inmates to 38,051. Meanwhile, there was no change in the capacity of county jails, capacity remains at 38,161. The number of inmates awaiting trial increased by 91 inmates to 23,595, and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions increased by 185 inmates to 4,444.

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 September 1, 2005
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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES INCREASED by 701 from 37,350 in August to: 38,051 2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) Remained the same: 38,161 3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 100% 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY INCREASED by 2 from 50 in August to: 52 5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS INCREASED by 185 from 4,259 in August to: 4,444 6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 12% 7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL INCREASED by 91 from 23,504 in August to: 23,595 8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES 62% 9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES INCREASED by 59 from 5,177 in August to: 5,236 10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES 14% 11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES INCREASED by 366 from 4,410 in August to: 4,776 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 September 2005

Pretrial Inmates: 23,595 or 62%

County Sentenced Inmates: 5,236 or 14%

Other Inmates: 4,776 or 13%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 4,444 or 12%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

38,161

September 1987 - September 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 - September 2005

38,051

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 - September 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.

23,595

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

January 1987 - September 2005

5000

4,444

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
79 5 68 5 179 46 205 656 132 52 608 19 17 55 69 237 116 103 17 188 47 479 220 0 1533 0 104 533 418 0 1544 17 2750 146 171 222 141 323 10 163 86 156 91 2946 95 145

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
94% 28% 100% 36% 96% 77% 228% 139% 97% 72% 104% 83% 74% 49% 101% 224% 84% 103% 40% 125% 65% 80% 89% 0% 125% 0% 221% 104% 124% 0% 80% 65% 107% 78% 81% 101% 131% 108% 45% 96% 90% 130% 52% 81% 170% 98%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
12 1 0 0 17 1 39 116 13 2 71 9 0 2 14 86 14 4 0 20 1 60 26 0 144 0 10 47 27 0 131 7 321 20 18 42 9 79 0 13 11 12 12 159 11 3

% of Total
15% 20% 0% 0% 9% 2% 19% 18% 10% 4% 12% 47% 0% 4% 20% 36% 12% 4% 0% 11% 2% 13% 12% 0% 9% 0% 10% 9% 6% 0% 8% 41% 12% 14% 11% 19% 6% 24% 0% 8% 13% 8% 13% 5% 12% 2%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
34 2 42 2 124 31 68 420 109 49 235 10 12 41 50 116 75 90 13 160 15 95 142 0 1294 0 53 437 286 0 747 10 1834 120 129 153 26 165 7 104 44 57 64 2268 57 50

% of Total
43% 40% 62% 40% 69% 67% 33% 64% 83% 94% 39% 53% 71% 75% 72% 49% 65% 87% 76% 85% 32% 20% 65% 0% 84% 0% 51% 82% 68% 0% 48% 59% 67% 82% 75% 69% 18% 51% 70% 64% 51% 37% 70% 77% 60% 34%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 0 5 1 20 3 9 102 6 1 22 0 0 3 0 23 4 7 4 6 1 243 15 0 54 0 29 41 104 0 498 0 542 6 10 27 5 74 0 13 9 53 15 401 1 1

% of Total
6% 0% 7% 20% 11% 7% 4% 16% 5% 2% 4% 0% 0% 5% 0% 10% 3% 7% 24% 3% 2% 51% 7% 0% 4% 0% 28% 8% 25% 0% 32% 0% 20% 4% 6% 12% 4% 23% 0% 8% 10% 34% 16% 14% 1% 1%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
28 2 21 2 18 11 89 18 4 0 280 0 5 9 5 12 23 2 0 2 30 81 37 0 41 0 12 8 1 0 168 0 53 0 14 0 101 5 3 33 22 34 0 118 26 91

% of Total
35% 40% 31% 40% 10% 24% 43% 3% 3% 0% 46% 0% 29% 16% 7% 5% 20% 2% 0% 1% 64% 17% 17% 0% 3% 0% 12% 2% 0% 0% 11% 0% 2% 0% 8% 0% 72% 2% 30% 20% 26% 22% 0% 4% 27% 63%

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
871 696 49
0 83 58 120 16 82 211 891 200 66 3328 140 0 400 260 84 68 1895 135 695 26 100 80 48 46 549 463 418 137 21 50 104 8 23 121 114 19 256 74 173 81 0 647

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% 86% 74% 0% 78% 116% 118% 62% 98% 55% 123% 149% 92% 124% 99% 0% 116% 183% 68% 54% 157% 104% 142% 33% 105% 80% 91% 77% 131% 91% 67% 113% 33% 74% 81% 33% 192% 97% 72% 190% 95% 99% 154% 105% 0% 107%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
56 185
3 0 6 9 14 0 14 25 112 57 9 143 12 0 30 54 26 20 131 26 84 5 7 16 14 15 88 90 6 16 4 9 2 1 10 13 5 4 6 7 12 1 0 14

% of Total
6% 27% 6% 0% 7% 16% 12% 0% 17% 12% 13% 29% 14% 4% 9% 0% 8% 21% 31% 29% 7% 19% 12% 19% 7% 20% 29% 33% 16% 19% 1% 12% 19% 18% 2% 13% 43% 11% 4% 21% 2% 9% 7% 1% 0% 2%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
503 372 41
0 67 42 48 16 50 128 407 111 43 2627 111 0 275 135 35 36 942 91 469 17 68 30 31 22 335 274 22 114 14 40 12 5 12 50 32 3 219 47 142 30 0 483

% of Total
58% 53% 84% 0% 81% 72% 40% 100% 61% 61% 46% 56% 65% 79% 79% 0% 69% 52% 42% 53% 50% 67% 67% 65% 68% 38% 65% 48% 61% 59% 5% 83% 67% 80% 12% 63% 52% 41% 28% 16% 86% 64% 82% 37% 0% 75%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
263 120
5 0 6 4 1 0 2 58 247 32 9 213 4 0 3 50 8 1 223 7 109 1 10 1 1 9 124 75 0 3 2 1 10 2 0 12 9 12 20 18 8 5 0 76

% of Total
30% 17% 10% 0% 7% 7% 1% 0% 2% 27% 28% 16% 14% 6% 3% 0% 1% 19% 10% 1% 12% 5% 16% 4% 10% 1% 2% 20% 23% 16% 0% 2% 10% 2% 10% 25% 0% 10% 8% 63% 8% 24% 5% 6% 0% 12%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

49

6%

19

3%

0

0%

0

0%

4

5%

3

5%

57

48%

0

0%

16

20%

0

0%

125

14%

0

0%

5

8%

345

10%

13

9%

0

0%

92

23%

21

8%

15

18%

11

16%

599

32%

11

8%

33

5%

3

12%

15

15%

33

41%

2

4%

0

0%

2

0%

24

5%

390

93%

4

3%

1

5%

0

0%

80

77%

0

0%

1

4%

46

38%

68

60%

0

0%

11

4%

2

3%

11

6%

45

56%

0

0%

74

11%

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
146 187 86 28 64 21 84 43 71 186
0 80 119 1020 481 51 2 229 69 55 61 38 171 18 70 0 64 20 1065 356 12 49 34 530 59 0 233 8 0 56 21 27 35 212 178 75

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
112% 86% 75% 41% 100% 70% 79% 179% 61% 111% 0% 119% 99% 110% 80% 159% 50% 94% 84% 125% 85% 112% 47% 60% 58% 0% 67% 63% 117% 116% 100% 27% 63% 113% 63% 0% 89% 36% 0% 122% 84% 75% 83% 88% 68% 59%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
17 44 5 6 17 2 3 2 17 23 0 12 9 198 166 10 0 14 4 6 32 1 10 6 9 0 6 3 186 73 3 10 2 67 18 0 20 0 0 13 6 3 3 34 19 16

% of Total
12% 24% 6% 21% 27% 10% 4% 5% 24% 12% 0% 15% 8% 19% 35% 20% 0% 6% 6% 11% 52% 3% 6% 33% 13% 0% 9% 15% 17% 21% 25% 20% 6% 13% 31% 0% 9% 0% 0% 23% 29% 11% 9% 16% 11% 21%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
74 73 31 18 43 13 61 18 46 100 0 20 98 553 170 34 0 161 1 37 26 24 132 10 48 0 43 15 727 232 3 28 12 364 27 0 127 6 0 29 11 13 24 117 41 41

% of Total
51% 39% 36% 64% 67% 62% 73% 42% 65% 54% 0% 25% 82% 54% 35% 67% 0% 70% 1% 67% 43% 63% 77% 56% 69% 0% 67% 75% 68% 65% 25% 57% 35% 69% 46% 0% 55% 75% 0% 52% 52% 48% 69% 55% 23% 55%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
21 10 1 1 0 6 16 0 5 13 0 5 10 145 25 4 0 29 27 6 3 13 19 0 1 0 5 0 113 46 0 7 1 99 6 0 13 1 0 12 4 1 1 17 83 7

% of Total
14% 5% 1% 4% 0% 29% 19% 0% 7% 7% 0% 6% 8% 14% 5% 8% 0% 13% 39% 11% 5% 34% 11% 0% 1% 0% 8% 0% 11% 13% 0% 14% 3% 19% 10% 0% 6% 13% 0% 21% 19% 4% 3% 8% 47% 9%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

34

23%

60

32%

49

57%

3

11%

4

6%

0

0%

4

5%

23

53%

3

4%

50

27%

0

0%

43

54%

2

2%

124

12%

120

25%

3

6%

2

100%

25

11%

37

54%

6

11%

0

0%

0

0%

10

6%

2

11%

12

17%

0

0%

10

16%

2

10%

39

4%

5

1%

6

50%

4

8%

19

56%

0

0%

8

14%

0

0%

73

31%

1

13%

0

0%

2

4%

0

0%

10

37%

7

20%

44

21%

35

20%

11

15%

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
46 19 420 58 33 50 188 190 373 271 0 53 163 0 13 49 458 21 64 34 32 38,051

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
92% 106% 175% 57% 69% 93% 88% 91% 85% 117%
0% 104% 96%
0% 72% 77% 84% 131% 80% 77% 70% 100%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
3 9 67 0 0 20 49 73 60 20 0 11 15 0 5 3 47 3 10 4 5 4,444

% of Total
7% 47% 16% 0% 0% 40% 26% 38% 16% 7% 0% 21% 9% 0% 38% 6% 10% 14% 16% 12% 16% 12%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

17 8 296 0 0 20 101 97 220 197 0 41 100 0 4 34 337 14 19 21 27 23,595

37% 42% 70% 0% 0% 40% 54% 51% 59% 73% 0% 77% 61% 0% 31% 69% 74% 67% 30% 62% 84% 62%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
5 0 52 30 29 9 23 19 53 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 72 2 1 0 0 5,236

% of Total
11% 0% 12% 52% 88% 18% 12% 10% 14% 14% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 16% 10% 2% 0% 0% 14%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

21 2 5 28 4 1 15 1 40 17 0 0 48 0 4 12 2 2 34 9 0 4,776

46% 11% 1% 48% 12% 2% 8% 1% 11% 6% 0% 0% 29% 0% 31% 24% 0% 10% 53% 26% 0% 13%