County jail inmate population report, 2006 March

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Interested Persons

FROM:

Brian DiNapoli

DATE:

March 21, 2006

SUBJECT: County Jail Report March 2006

Enclosed is the County Jail Inmate Information Report for March 2006. This report reflects the inmate population on Thursday, March 2, 2006 as local sheriffs' offices report the data for the County Jail Report to GCIC on the first Thursday of each month. 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 March 2006, the number of inmates held in county jails decreased by 1,604 inmates to 34,739. Meanwhile, there was no change in the capacity of county jails, capacity remains at 37,807. The number of inmates awaiting trial decreased by 846 inmates to 21,359, and the number of sentenced inmates awaiting transfer to State Institutions decreased by 285 inmates to 3,864.

The complete jail report is available 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 March 2, 2006
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1. NUMBER OF JAIL INMATES DECREASED by 1,604 from 36,343 in February to: 34,739 2. CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING (PERMANENT BEDS) Remained the same: 37,807 3. PERCENT OF CAPACITY OF JAILS REPORTING 92% 4. NUMBER OF JAILS OVER CAPACITY DECREASED by 8 from 43 in February to: 35 5. INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS DECREASED by 285 from 4,149 in February to: 3,864 6. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES HOUSED AT COUNTY LEVEL SENTENCED TO STATE 11% 7. NUMBER OF INMATES AWAITING TRIAL IN JAIL DECREASED by 846 from 22,205 in February to: 21,359 8. PERCENTAGE OF PRETRIAL INMATES 61% 9. NUMBER OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES DECREASED by 105 from 5,354 in February to: 5,249 10. PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY SENTENCED INMATES 15% 11. NUMBER OF OTHER INMATES DECREASED by 368 from 4,635 in February to: 4,267 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 March 2006

Pretrial Inmates: 21,359 or 61%

County Sentenced Inmates: 5,249 or 15%

Other Inmates: 4,267 or 12%

Inmates Sentenced to State Institutions: 3,864 or 11%

CAPACITY OF COUNTY JAILS

37,807

April 1988 - March 2006
36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000 18000

*See notes below.

15000

12000

9000

Apr-88 Oct-88 Apr-89 Oct-89 Apr-90 Oct-90 Apr-91 Oct-91 Apr-92 Oct-92 Apr-93 Oct-93 Apr-94 Oct-94 Apr-95 Oct-95 Apr-96 Oct-96 Apr-97 Oct-97 Apr-98 Oct-98 Apr-99 Oct-99 Apr-00 Oct-00 Apr-01 Oct-01 Apr-02 Oct-02 Apr-03 Oct-03 Apr-04 Oct-04 Apr-05 Oct-05 Apr-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.

36000

33000

30000

27000

24000

21000

18000 15000

12000

9000

JAIL POPULATION

January 1987 - March 2006

*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 Jul-06

*See note below.

34,739

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 - March 2006

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.

21,359

INMATES SENTENCED TO STATE INSTITUTIONS

5500

June 1987 - March 2006

5000

3,864

4500

4000

3500

3000

2500

2000 1500

*See note below.

1000

Jun-87 Dec-87 Jun-88 Dec-88 Jun-89 Dec-89 Jun-90 Dec-90 Jun-91 Dec-91 Jun-92 Dec-92 Jun-93 Dec-93 Jun-94 Dec-94 Jun-95 Dec-95 Jun-96 Dec-96 Jun-97 Dec-97 Jun-98 Dec-98 Jun-99 Dec-99 Jun-00 Dec-00 Jun-01 Dec-01 Jun-02 Dec-02 Jun-03 Dec-03 Jun-04 Dec-04 Jun-05 Dec-05 Jun-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.

County Jail Report
Primary Jail Capacity Data March 2006
(Does not include Inmates housed in other detention facilities such as Work Release Centers, County Prisons, etc.)

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

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
68 9 47 1 181 53 186 516 107 52 431 14 18 58 61 252 99 103 13 148 49 488 169 0 1540 0 81 468 436 0 1434 25 2173 197 173 196 61 295 7 174 79 116

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 1925 188 210 220 108 300 22 170 96 120

Inmates as % of Capacity
81% 50% 69% 7% 97% 88% 207% 109% 79% 72% 74% 61% 78% 52% 90% 238% 72% 103% 31% 99% 68% 82% 68% 0% 126% 0% 172% 91% 129% 0% 75% 96% 113% 105% 82% 89% 56% 98% 32% 102% 82% 97%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
14 2 3 0 21 2 16 94 22 2 100 0 2 2 12 87 9 26 3 18 8 25 21 0 145 0 17 48 34 0 103 7 141 25 21 27 5 59 0 31 12 8

% of Total
21% 22% 6% 0% 12% 4% 9% 18% 21% 4% 23% 0% 11% 3% 20% 35% 9% 25% 23% 12% 16% 5% 12% 0% 9% 0% 21% 10% 8% 0% 7% 28% 6% 13% 12% 14% 8% 20% 0% 18% 15% 7%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number
30 4 30 1 120 13 67 313 84 45 198 10 13 44 41 131 59 67 10 115 27 133 130 0 1314 0 48 374 293 0 712 14 1612 165 98 148 5 160 0 97 54 59

% of Total
44% 44% 64% 100% 66% 25% 36% 61% 79% 87% 46% 71% 72% 76% 67% 52% 60% 65% 77% 78% 55% 27% 77% 0% 85% 0% 59% 80% 67% 0% 50% 56% 74% 84% 57% 76% 8% 54% 0% 56% 68% 51%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
2 1 5 0 25 0 72 95 0 3 31 4 0 10 0 22 3 8 0 15 0 278 13 0 57 0 9 36 108 0 475 1 378 4 6 21 3 72 0 13 5 44

% of Total
3% 11% 11% 0% 14% 0% 39% 18% 0% 6% 7% 29% 0% 17% 0% 9% 3% 8% 0% 10% 0% 57% 8% 0% 4% 0% 11% 8% 25% 0% 33% 4% 17% 2% 3% 11% 5% 24% 0% 7% 6% 38%

Number of Other Inmates

Number
22 2 9 0 15 38 31 14 1 2 102 0 3 2 8 12 28 2 0 0 14 52 5 0 24 0 7 10 1 0 144 3 42 3 48 0 48 4 7 33 8 5

% of Total
32% 22% 19% 0% 8% 72% 17% 3% 1% 4% 24% 0% 17% 3% 13% 5% 28% 2% 0% 0% 29% 11% 3% 0% 2% 0% 9% 2% 0% 0% 10% 12% 2% 2% 28% 0% 79% 1% 100% 19% 10% 4%

County Jail Report
Primary Jail Capacity Data March 2006
(Does not include Inmates housed in other detention facilities such as Work Release Centers, County Prisons, etc.)

Jurisdiction

043 DECATUR

044 DEKALB

045 DODGE

046 DOOLY

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

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
122 2773
58 141 821 614 26
0 75 58 101 16 73 205 359 248 70 3122 107 0 399 201 64 61 1895 101 597 22 77 77 42 36 562 449 502 135 39 41 97 6 20 107

Inmates Jail as % of Capacity Capacity

175

70%

3636

76%

56

104%

148

95%

1230

67%

810

76%

66

39%

0

0%

106

71%

50

116%

102

99%

26

62%

84

87%

384

53%

724

50%

134

185%

72

97%

2688

116%

142

75%

0

0%

344

116%

142

142%

124

52%

125

49%

1204

157%

130

78%

489

122%

80

28%

95

81%

100

77%

53

79%

60

60%

419

134%

507

89%

620

81%

121

112%

64

61%

68

60%

128

76%

24

25%

12

167%

125

86%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
18 150
5 4 82 94 4 0 60 14 3 5 12 18 85 66 6 130 13 0 54 36 6 23 93 11 127 1 8 10 8 7 46 77 5 15 4 3 3 0 6 5

% of Total
15% 5% 9% 3% 10% 15% 15% 0% 80% 24% 3% 31% 16% 9% 24% 27% 9% 4% 12% 0% 14% 18% 9% 38% 5% 11% 21% 5% 10% 13% 19% 19% 8% 17% 1% 11% 10% 7% 3% 0% 30% 5%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

64 2135
0 35 466 406 21 0 5 33 36 8 14 128 60 146 48 2467 86 0 270 120 30 25 921 72 386 21 56 32 32 20 303 293 26 98 21 28 17 3 13 58

52% 77% 0% 25% 57% 66% 81% 0% 7% 57% 36% 50% 19% 62% 17% 59% 69% 79% 80% 0% 68% 60% 47% 41% 49% 71% 65% 95% 73% 42% 76% 56% 54% 65% 5% 73% 54% 68% 18% 50% 65% 54%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
11 377 36
1 232 96
1 0 8 0 4 3 22 59 156 36 16 205 1 0 4 28 8 4 224 7 79 0 11 2 2 8 212 58 0 17 2 4 9 1 0 6

% of Total
9% 14% 62% 1% 28% 16% 4% 0% 11% 0% 4% 19% 30% 29% 43% 15% 23% 7% 1% 0% 1% 14% 13% 7% 12% 7% 13% 0% 14% 3% 5% 22% 38% 13% 0% 13% 5% 10% 9% 17% 0% 6%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

29

24%

111

4%

17

29%

101

72%

41

5%

18

3%

0

0%

0

0%

2

3%

11

19%

58

57%

0

0%

25

34%

0

0%

58

16%

0

0%

0

0%

320

10%

7

7%

0

0%

71

18%

17

8%

20

31%

9

15%

657

35%

11

11%

5

1%

0

0%

2

3%

33

43%

0

0%

1

3%

1

0%

21

5%

471

94%

5

4%

12

31%

6

15%

68

70%

2

33%

1

5%

38

36%

County Jail Report
Primary Jail Capacity Data March 2006
(Does not include Inmates housed in other detention facilities such as Work Release Centers, County Prisons, etc.)

Jurisdiction

085 LAMAR

086 LANIER

087 LAURENS

088 LEE

089 LIBERTY

090 LINCOLN

091 LONG

NO JAIL

092 LOWNDES

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

Total Number
of Inmates In Jail
144 0
208 71 171 39 0 622 91 159 90 20 54 20 88 38 49 110 0 58 116 980 534 58 12 279 81 51 43 42 150 16 35 0 77 20 1068 348 5 67 23 487

Inmates Jail as % of Capacity Capacity

158

91%

10

0%

270

77%

75

95%

112

153%

77

51%

0

0%

606

103%

130

70%

217

73%

114

79%

68

29%

64

84%

30

67%

106

83%

24

158%

116

42%

168

65%

0

0%

67

87%

120

97%

927

106%

600

89%

32

181%

16

75%

244

114%

82

99%

44

116%

72

60%

34

124%

362

41%

30

53%

120

29%

0

0%

96

80%

32

63%

910

117%

308

113%

12

42%

180

37%

54

43%

468

104%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number
7 0 16 12 20 8 0 47 31 12 6 10 10 3 0 5 6 6 0 12 41 172 190 13 2 11 6 2 30 15 11 1 4 0 13 1 156 38 3 20 4 48

% of Total
5% 0% 8% 17% 12% 21% 0% 8% 34% 8% 7% 50% 19% 15% 0% 13% 12% 5% 0% 21% 35% 18% 36% 22% 17% 4% 7% 4% 70% 36% 7% 6% 11% 0% 17% 5% 15% 11% 60% 30% 17% 10%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

19

13%

0

0%

168

81%

50

70%

127

74%

21

54%

0

0%

250

40%

41

45%

57

36%

25

28%

5

25%

40

74%

16

80%

56

64%

22

58%

39

80%

83

75%

0

0%

21

36%

41

35%

536

55%

190

36%

34

59%

6

50%

168

60%

20

25%

34

67%

12

28%

17

40%

117

78%

15

94%

28

80%

0

0%

39

51%

16

80%

798

75%

255

73%

2

40%

19

28%

12

52%

334

69%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number
1 0 11 6 12 1 0 225 13 12 5 1 0 1 25 11 3 18 0 2 34 131 88 8 4 27 25 10 1 8 9 0 1 0 12 0 96 44 0 11 1 103

% of Total
1% 0% 5% 8% 7% 3% 0% 36% 14% 8% 6% 5% 0% 5% 28% 29% 6% 16% 0% 3% 29% 13% 16% 14% 33% 10% 31% 20% 2% 19% 6% 0% 3% 0% 16% 0% 9% 13% 0% 16% 4% 21%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

117

81%

0

0%

13

6%

3

4%

12

7%

9

23%

0

0%

100

16%

6

7%

78

49%

54

60%

4

20%

4

7%

0

0%

7

8%

0

0%

1

2%

3

3%

0

0%

23

40%

0

0%

141

14%

66

12%

3

5%

0

0%

73

26%

30

37%

5

10%

0

0%

2

5%

13

9%

0

0%

2

6%

0

0%

13

17%

3

15%

18

2%

11

3%

0

0%

17

25%

6

26%

2

0%

County Jail Report
Primary Jail Capacity Data March 2006
(Does not include Inmates housed in other detention facilities such as Work Release Centers, County Prisons, etc.)

Jurisdiction

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

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
79 0 139 9 0 62 33 22 20 153 181 74 45 16 369 90 39 48 121 189 292 356 0 39 133 0 10 56 430 16 46 30 21 34,739

Inmates Jail as % of Capacity Capacity

94

84%

12

0%

262

53%

22

41%

0

0%

46

135%

25

132%

36

61%

42

48%

240

64%

260

70%

128

58%

50

90%

18

89%

240

154%

102

88%

48

81%

54

89%

213

57%

209

90%

440

66%

500

71%

0

0%

51

76%

170

78%

0

0%

18

56%

64

88%

548

78%

16

100%

80

58%

44

68%

46 37,807

46% 92%

Number of Inmates Sentenced to State

Number % of Total

11 0 21 0 0 12 5 4 6 22 15 11 1 9 60 0 0 13 17 41 56 2 0 1 10 0 1 4 43 7 6 3 2 3,864

14% 0% 15% 0% 0% 19% 15% 18% 30% 14% 8% 15% 2% 56% 16% 0% 0% 27% 14% 22% 19% 1% 0% 3% 8% 0% 10% 7% 10% 44% 13% 10% 10% 11%

Number of Inmates Awaiting Trial in Jail

Number % of Total

23 0 90 7 0 34 18 13 11 103 35 46 17 5 270 0 0 23 71 135 154 217 0 31 90 0 5 30 287 5 27 24 14 21,359

29% 0% 65% 78% 0% 55% 55% 59% 55% 67% 19% 62% 38% 31% 73% 0% 0% 48% 59% 71% 53% 61% 0% 79% 68% 0% 50% 54% 67% 31% 59% 80% 67% 61%

Number of Inmates Serving County Sentence

Number % of Total

8 0 4 2 0 11 4 3 1 14 99 5 8 1 38 32 37 11 21 11 50 55 0 1 0 0 0 2 93 2 5 1 1 5,249

10% 0% 3% 22% 0% 18% 12% 14% 5% 9% 55% 7% 18% 6% 10% 36% 95% 23% 17% 6% 17% 15% 0% 3% 0% 0% 0% 4% 22% 13% 11% 3% 5% 15%

Number of Other Inmates

Number % of Total

37 0 24 0 0 5 6 2 2 14 32 12 19 1 1 58 2 1 12 2 32 82 0 6 33 0 4 20 7 2 8 2 4 4,267

47% 0% 17% 0% 0% 8% 18% 9% 10% 9% 18% 16% 42% 6% 0% 64% 5% 2% 10% 1% 11% 23% 0% 15% 25% 0% 40% 36% 2% 13% 17% 7% 19% 12%