At the same time, the initial crisis of the first ture enacted a partial bail reform rollback, and the initial wave of COVID-19 began to wane. [...] By comparison, the statewide jail population How bail reform changed the jail population increased 17 percent from June to December. [...] In March 2019, the month before the New York State legislature passed bail reform, Wayne County held 78 people in jail on any given day. [...] In February 2020, the month after bail reform went into effect, the average daily jail population Wayne County in Wayne County was 56—a 28 percent decrease from 2020 jail incarceration rate March 2019, compared to a 31 percent drop statewide. [...] The total jail Percent living below the poverty line population reflects the people the county is responsible 9.6% for incarcerating, including those held in the county's own jail(s) and those being held at other facilities.
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