New York City - New York City's jail population in December 2020

In February 2020, the month after bail reform went into effect, the average daily jail population in New New York City York City was 5,356—a 31 percent decrease from March 2020 jail incarceration rate 2019, compared to a 31 percent drop statewide. [...] The month after bail reform went into effect, 38.0 percent of Changes in the charges driving people in jail were Black, and by June 2020, after coun- jail incarceration ties had changed policies and practices in response to COVID-19, the percent of people in jails who were Black In the past, New York filled its jails with people charged had grown to 41.5 percent. [...] In In New York City, 24.3 percent of city residents are the 43 counties outside of New York City sampled by Black, but in contrast, on any given day in March 2019, the Vera Institute, the number of people entering jail before bail reform, 55 percent of people held in jail in who were charged with a violation or misdemeanor fell New York City were Black. [...] In after bail reform went into effect, 58 percent of people in New York City, the number of people entering jail for a jail were Black, and by June 2020, after COVID-19 policies violation or misdemeanor fell from 227 in March 2019 to and practices had been in effect for several months, this 102 in February 2020, a 55 percent drop. [...] Quick facts about New York City Length of stay City population In March 2019, the median length of stay in jail in New 8,336,817 York City was 107 days.