DOC DASHBOARD UPDATE: NYC Comptroller Releases New Monthly Data on Department of Correction

July 30, 2025

New York, NY – Today the Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released its monthly update to the Department of Correction (DOC) Dashboard. 

“Each month, our dashboard captures the Adams Administration’s mismanagement of the City’s correction facilities,” said New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. “Despite reporting a marginal decrease in jail populations, slashings and stabbings are up. The Administration’s negligence is a systemic failure that endangers incarcerated people and staff and the City must address this growing crisis.” 

This week, Comptroller Lander sent a letter to Mayor Adams urging him to provide the Final Commissioning Report to the State Commission of Corrections to address the ongoing delays keeping the Bellevue Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit (OTxHU) closed. Comptroller Lander’s letter requests a detailed monthly progress reports from the Adams Administration on the development of all OTxHU sites, DOC’s plan for staffing the Bellevue OTxHU, a coordination plan to transfer patients once the facility has been approved, and a plan on the internal functions such as security protocols, custody staffing assignments, and emergency response protocols. 

In 2019, the City set target completion dates of Spring 2023 for Bellevue, 2024 for Woodhull, and 2025 for North Central Bronx (NCB) OTxHUs, but more than five years later, all three units remain offline. The Bellevue facility has been mostly complete since January 2025 but remains unopened.  

Comptroller Lander continued, “Approximately 21% of detainees in custody experience serious behavioral and mental health conditions. Delays in opening the OTxHU units compromise timely access to specialized care, potentially worsening clinical outcomes and placing additional strain on incarcerated people and staff.” 

Key monthly DOC metrics show: 

  • DOC housed 7,602 individuals as of July 1, 2025, 32 fewer people than the previous month. 
  • 1,958 individuals entered DOC custody in June 2025, 72 fewer people than the previous month. 
  • DOC discharged 1,956 people in June 2025, 136 more people than the previous month. 
  • The average length of a person detained in DOC custody was 101 days in June, an increase of 27 days from the previous month. 
  • DOC failed to produce 88 of 7,345 individuals in custody for a scheduled court appearance in May 2025, 2 more people than the previous month. 
  • 3 of 7,257 individuals delivered to court did not have a recorded time of arrival, 3 more people than the previous month. 

Staff metrics include: 

  • The correction officer-to-incarcerated person ratio is 0.75 as of June 2025, no change from the previous month. 
  • 6% of staff were out sick in May 2025, no change from the previous month. 
  • 4% of staff were out on medically restricted leave in May 2025, no change from the previous month. 

Incidents of violence in June 2025: 

  • 69 assaults on staff, 32 fewer than the previous month. 
  • 34 slashings and stabbings occurred, 8 more the previous month. 
  • 656 fights, 15 more than the previous month. 
  • 1,705 incidents involving the use of force occurred in FY25 Q3, 164 fewer incidents than the previous quarter. 
  • At least 7 people died on Rikers in 2025. 

The Comptroller’s dashboard, first published in August 2022, monitors pervasive issues in the City’s jails, including staff absenteeism, missed medical appointments, and incidents of violence among detained people and staff. It also tracks the jail population every month and length of stay. The Comptroller’s Office publishes data to this dashboard monthly to provide increased transparency and accountability over the City’s jail system.
 

View the DOC Dashboard: https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-the-public/department-of-correction-doc/dashboard/

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