Empire State of Incarceration February 2021 Greene County The use of jail—how many people are in jail, why, and for By June 2020, however, the average daily jail population how long—changed significantly across New York State in Greene County stood at 26—an 8 percent increase in 2020. [...] The Changes in the charges driving month after bail reform went into effect, 38.0 percent of jail incarceration people in jail were Black, and by June 2020, after coun- ties had changed policies and practices in response to In the past, New York filled its jails with people charged COVID-19, the percent of people in jails who were Black with low-level offenses. [...] the 43 counties outside of New York City sampled by In Greene County, 6.3 percent of county residents are the Vera Institute, the number of people entering jail Black, but in contrast, on any given day in March 2019, who were charged with a violation or misdemeanor fell before bail reform, 22 percent of people held in jail in almost 60 percent from March 2019 to February 2020. [...] However, in February 2020, Greene County, the number of people entering jail for a the month after bail reform went into effect, 12 per- violation or misdemeanor fell from 16 in March 2019 to 3 cent of people in jail were Black, but by June 2020, after in February 2020, an 81 percent drop. [...] Quick facts about Length of stay Greene County In March 2019, the median length of stay in jail in Greene County population County was 61 days.
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