Instead, the population changes are explained by a dramatic drop in prison admissions, which fell 40% in the first year of the pandemic and in 2021 were still down 27% compared to 2019. While prison populations are the lowest they’ve been in decades, this is not because officials are releasing more people in fact, they are releasing fewer people than before the pandemic. Together, these systems hold almost 2 million people in 1,566 state prisons, 98 federal prisons, 3,116 local jails, 1,323 juvenile correctional facilities, 181 immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian country jails, as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals, and prisons in the U.S. doesn’t have one “criminal justice system ” instead, we have thousands of federal, state, local, and tribal systems.

As public support for criminal justice reform continues to build - and as the pandemic raises the stakes higher - it’s more important than ever that we get the facts straight and understand the big picture.įurther complicating matters is the fact that the U.S. The various government agencies involved in the criminal legal system collect a lot of data, but very little is designed to help policymakers or the public understand what’s going on. Left to right: Dispatcher Gannon Swan, Dispatcher Paige Mitchell, Dispatcher Tina Massman, Jail Administrator Kim Gibson, Sheriff's Clerk Sheryl Dotts, Jailer Christie Henry, Jailer Amanda Richards, Jailer Erin Kamerick, and Jailer Clay Austin (Not Pictured: Dispatchers Susan Carpenter, Chase Clark, Becky Hysell, Kaitlyn Wilson, Jackie Gunzenhauser, and Jailer Teresa Young).Can it really be true that most people in jail are legally innocent? How much of mass incarceration is a result of the war on drugs, or the profit motives of private prisons? How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed decisions about how people are punished when they break the law? These essential questions are harder to answer than you might expect. Please visit the VINE website to register for notification regarding the change in custody status of an inmate. VINE is a part of the National Victim Notification Network VINE will allow you to check on the status of inmates housed in facilities outside of Wayne County Sheriff's Office. The VINE service allows crime victims to obtain timely and reliable information about the custody status of offenders 24 hours a day. It is the responsibility of the deputies and civilian staff to make productive use of the inmates time, but not to inflict further punishment upon them. Sentenced inmates, on the other hand, are here as punishment for their offense. It is merely to assure that the arrestee appears in court. Pretrial confinement is not for punishment purposes. We are responsible for securely holding all of these individuals as well as providing a safe environment. The Jail can house subjects accused of all levels of charges. The county jail houses those charged and awaiting trial, those arrested on warrants, those serving sentences at the county jail, those placed on holds by Parole and Probation, those sentenced to and awaiting beds in the state prison system or Community Corrections, those sentenced by municipal courts in our county as well as others placed here on holds for other agencies. Our primary duty is to serve our community by providing a safe, secure facility where people are treated with dignity and respect and learn to be accountable for their actions.

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Current inmates