BUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH Behind Bars: Orleans Parish Prison and the Inmate Population New Orleans does not have a Prison New Orleans has a Jail Jails are locally-operated, short term facilities that hold inmates awaiting trial or sentencing Prisons are long term facilities run by the State hold felons and inmates convicted of State offenses.

Cost of Incarceration 2015 Cost of Jail Operations OPSO Expenditures on Jail = $86,551,105 Average Daily Population = 1840 Total cost per inmate per day = $ DOC reimbursement = $5,840,000 Average number of DOC inmates = 404 DOC reimbursement per inmate per day = $ Cost to City of New Orleans = $69,005,069 Cost to City per inmate per day = $103 Source: Sheriff’s Budget Documents, Daily Inmate Count

COST OF INCARCERATING SPECIAL CARE POPULATIONS NO MEDICAID MEDICARE GNOHCC NEW ORLEANS TAX DOLLARS PAYS ALL OF THE COST

JFA Projections vs. Actual and CGL (local inmates only) 4 Source: New Orleans City Council, September 23, 2015

Source: U.S. Census, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Racial Disparities in Jail Incarceration

Jail Population Reduction Efforts Source: Jail Population Managements Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Council

Jail Population Reduction Efforts Source: Jail Population Managements Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Council