In February 2020, the month after bail reform went into effect, the average daily jail population Chenango County in Chenango County was 59—a 37 percent decrease from 2020 jail incarceration rate March 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 Chenango County, 1 percent of county 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, 6 percent of people held in jail in who were charged with a violation or misdemeanor fell Chenango County were Black. [...] In month after bail reform went into effect, 3 percent Chenango County, the number of people entering jail for of people in jail were Black, but by June 2020, after a violation or misdemeanor fell from 12 in March 2019 to COVID-19 policies and practices had been in effect for 7 in February 2020, a 42 percent drop. [...] Quick facts about Chenango County Length of stay County population In March 2019, the median length of stay in jail in 47,207 Chenango County was 60 days.
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