Department of Correction (DOC)

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Last updated April 30, 2025

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Jail Population as of April 1st

7,095

258 from last month

Staff Out Sick / Day as of January 2025

6% 

no change from last month

Medically Restricted Staff / Day as of January 2025

5%

no change from last month

Assaults on Staff / Month as of March 2025

60

5 from last month

Slashings & Stabbings / Month as of March 2025

16

no change from last month

Use of Force per 100 ADP as of FY25 Q2

28.32

2.07 from last quarter

Known Deaths in Custody

2025 Deaths in Custody

5*

*Reported deaths only

Known Deaths in Custody by Year

Cause of Death, 2019-2025

Staffing and Jail Population

DOC Uniformed Headcount and Jail Population

Note: Under a plan to close the jail facilities on Rikers Island, the City has begun construction on four borough-based jails with capacity for no more than 3,300 people.
Source: New York City Mayor’s Office of Operations, Mayor’s Management Reports, Fiscal Years 2007-2021; Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Comptroller.

Jail Admissions and Discharges

Note: Data exclude sealed cases.
SOURCE: NYC Comptroller’s Office analysis of NYC Open Data, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Discharges/94ri-3ium and https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Admissions/6teu-xtgp.

Average Length of Stay of Persons Discharged (Days)

Note: Data exclude sealed cases.
SOURCE: NYC Comptroller’s Office analysis of NYC Open Data, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Discharges/94ri-3ium

Individuals Incarcerated with Serious Mental Illness (Monthly Average)

Note: Serious mental illness includes "schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder."
Source: NYC Comptroller's Office analysis of Correctional Health Services' Local Law 59 reports (through May '23) and Patient Profiles reports (June '23 - present), https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/correctionalhealthservices/publications-reports/ and Vera Institute of Justice, Jail Viz 2.0, https://greaterjusticeny.vera.org/nycjail/.

Violence

Assaults on Staff

Note: Data reflect uniformed staff and incidents resulting in use of force only.
SOURCE: New York City Comptroller’s Office analysis of Department of Correction data available on NYC Open Data, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Assault-on-Staff/erra-pzy8; and Vera Institute of Justice, Jail Viz 2.0, https://greaterjusticeny.vera.org/nycjail/.

Fights Among the Incarcerated Population

SOURCE: New York City Comptroller’s Office analysis of Department of Correction data available on NYC Open Data, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Incidents-Inmate-Fights/k548-32d3; and Vera Institute of Justice, Jail Viz 2.0, https://greaterjusticeny.vera.org/nycjail/.

Slashings and Stabbings

SOURCE: New York City Comptroller’s Office analysis of Department of Correction data available on NYC Open Data, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Public-Safety/Inmate-Incidents-Slashing-and-Stabbing/gakf-suji; and Vera Institute of Justice, Jail Viz 2.0, https://greaterjusticeny.vera.org/nycjail/.

Incidents and Allegations of Use of Force

SOURCE: NYC Comptroller analysis of Department of Correction, Security Indicators Reports, https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doc/about/security-indicators%20.page.  

Service Provision

Court Production

Note: The total per day is based on the average number of productions on days on which there were any court productions in each month. Totals include video visits.
SOURCE: Comptroller's Office analysis of data provided by the Department of Correction.

Missed Medical Appointments by Reason

Note: According to DOC, “all other” includes but is not limited to instances where an incarcerated individual chooses to instead attend a work assignment, law library, school, religious services, or commissary, when an escort is not available, or when movement is limited due to a lockdown, search, or alarm.
SOURCE: New York City Department of Correction, Monthly Medical Non-Production Reports, https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doc/about/monthly-medical-reports.page.

Workforce Composition

Uniformed Headcount by Years of Service

SOURCE: NYC Comptroller analysis of City Human Resource Management System (CHRMS)

Monthly New Hires - Correction Officers

SOURCE: NYC Comptroller analysis of City Human Resource Management System (CHRMS)

Annual Departures

SOURCE: NYC Comptroller analysis of City Human Resource Management System (CHRMS)

Departures by Seniority

SOURCE: NYC Comptroller analysis of City Human Resource Management System (CHRMS)
$285 billion
Feb
2025