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FYs 2011-21 Operating Expenditures, Jail Population, Cost Per Incarcerated Person, Staffing Ratios, Performance Measure Outcomes, and Overtime
December 6, 2021
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Average Daily Jail Population Fell 61% from FY 2011 to 2021
Department of Correction Budget and Jail Population
Full Annual Cost per Incarcerated Person Nearly Quadrupled Since FY11
Total Annual and Daily Cost per Incarcerated Person, Including Costs Funded Outside the Department of Correction Budget
As of FY21, DOC has 1% Fewer Correction Officers Than in FY11
Correction Officers to Incarcerated Individuals Ratio
DOC Overtime Peaked in FY16 and was Close to FY13 Levels in FY21
Agencywide Overtime Cost Relative to Average Daily Jail Population
Rate of Fight/Assault Infractions Nearly Quadrupled Since FY 2011
Fight/Assault Infractions (per 1,000 Average Daily Population)
Rate of Assaults on Staff More Than Quintupled Since FY 2011
Assaults on Staff (per 1,000 Average Daily Population)
Rate of Use of Force Incidents & Allegations Up 779% from FY 2011
Use of Force by Correction Officers (Incidents and Allegations per 1,000 Average Daily Population)
Half of Jail Population Had Mental Health Diagnosis in FY 2021
Share of Incarcerated Population with a Mental Health Diagnosis
Legal Claims Have Fallen But Remain Nearly 3x as High as FY 2010
Tort Claims Filed for Personal Injury at a City Correction Facility*
DOC has employed more correction officers than the average daily jail population since FY 2016
FIGHT/ ASSAULT INFRACTION RATE INCREASED 18% IN FY21
RATE OF ASSAULTS ON STAFF UP 24% in FY21
USE OF FORCE RATE UP 29% IN FY21
Tort claims have fallen for two consecutive years
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