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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.

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1 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.

2 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 = $129 2015 DOC reimbursement = $5,840,000 Average number of DOC inmates = 404 DOC reimbursement per inmate per day = $40 2015 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

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

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

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

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

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


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