Genesee County - Genesee County’s jail population in December 2020 How bail reform changed the jail population

In February 2020, the month after bail reform went into effect, the average daily jail population Genesee County in Genesee County was 52—a 56 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 Genesee County, 3.2 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, be- the Vera Institute, the number of people entering jail fore bail reform, 29 percent of people held in jail in Genesee who were charged with a violation or misdemeanor fell County were Black. [...] In bail reform went into effect, 30 percent of people in jail Genesee County, the number of people entering jail for a were Black, and in June 2020, after COVID-19 policies and violation or misdemeanor fell from 33 in March 2019 to practices had been in effect for several months, 24 percent 15 in February 2020, a 55 percent drop. [...] Quick facts about Genesee County Length of stay County population In March 2019, the median length of stay in jail in 57,280 Genesee County was 61 days.