Category Archives: Correction
Covid-19 and Reducing the Jail Population: Who Might Be Released Under Board of Correction Recommendations?
How Does the Time Spent in Local Jails Vary by County for Inmates Ultimately Destined for New York State Prison?
Of the More Than 58,000 Admissions to City Jails Last Year, How Many Inmates Had Been There Before?
Has the Decline in the Number of Inmates From the City Led to the Drop in the State Prison Population?
How Many Mentally Ill Inmates Are in City Jails? How Does This Compare with the Capacity of the City’s Psychiatric Facilities?
- Of the daily average of 11,827 inmates in New York City jails, 37 percent, or 4,376 inmates on any given day, had a mental health diagnosis.
- The combined capacity of all New York City inpatient psychiatric facilities is only slightly higher at 4,518.
Prepared by Christina Fiorentini and Nashla Rivas Salas
New York City Independent Budget Office
SOURCES: Mayor’s Management Report Fiscal 2013; New York State Division of Budget; New York State Office of Mental Health
Print version available here.
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NYC’s Jail Population: Who’s There and Why?
On an average day in fiscal year 2012,
- 12,287 inmates in city jails
- 57 percent are black, 33 percent Hispanic, 7 percent white, 1 percent Asian, and the rest other or unknown
- 93 percent are male
The average annual cost per inmate in 2012 was $167,731
Print version available here.
| New York City By The Numbers |