Department of Correction (DOC)

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Last updated December 16, 2024

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Jail Population as of December 1st

6,692

73 from last month

Staff Out Sick / Day as of November 2024

6% 

no change from last month

Medically Restricted Staff / Day as of November 2024

5%

no change from last month

Assaults on Staff / Month as of November 2024

68

3 from last month

Slashings & Stabbings / Month as of November 2024

30

8 from last month

Use of Force per 100 ADP as of FY25 Q1

26.25

1.91 from last quarter

Known Deaths in Custody

2024 Deaths in Custody

5*

*Reported deaths only

Known Deaths in Custody by Year

Cause of Death, 2019-2024

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)
$242 billion
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2022