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Presentation to McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Frank D. Beck, Stevenson Center Ed Wells, Criminal Justice Sciences Illinois State University October 6, 2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- Two Parts to Current Analysis • We can measure length of time between booking and significant judicial events for 2007 through 2010. We can do this by class of felony, year, days in custody, race, and sex. You will see this today. • On a basis we track beds being used in the jail for felonies, misdemeanors, and DUIs. This includes number of different persons in the jail, average length of stay, and total beds used. We also compare 2011 data to data from the previous 4 years. Today you will see these results for arrests for new charges and arrests for warrants today. ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Number of Days Judicial Event Median Length of Time for Case Processing by Interval and Class of Felony (2007-2010) Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Comparison of Number of Persons, Average Length of Stay, and Total Bed Days from January 2007 through September 2011 (Combined) Number of Different Persons, 2007-2010 Number of Different Persons, Comparison of January through September 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Class 1 269 299 242 224 Class 1 208 233 200 181 178 Class M or X 61 65 53 55 Class M or X 49 53 45 43 45 Class 2 308 343 283 292 Class 2 220 270 206 241 231 Class 3 376 343 284 293 Class 3 295 287 222 232 179 Class 4 593 580 523 449 Class 4 451 459 412 370 306 DUIs 170 165 160 139 DUIs 127 135 125 102 101 Misdemeanors 1496 1542 1338 1227 Misdemeanors 1148 1253 1070 952 837 Total 3273 3337 2883 2679 Total 2498 2690 2280 2121 1877 Average Number of Beds Used, 2007-2010 Average Number of Beds Used, Comparison January through September 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Class 1 58 57 68 68 Class 1 56 56 64 63 62 Class M or X 79 101 90 116 Class M or X 68 83 87 104 81 Class 2 32 39 31 35 Class 2 29 39 31 32 38 Class 3 19 21 18 27 Class 3 19 20 16 28 20 Class 4 16 19 17 18 Class 4 16 18 16 18 18 DUIs 5 5 4 4 DUIs 6 5 4 4 6 Misdemeanors 6 6 5 5 Misdemeanors 5 6 5 5 6 Total Bed Days Used, 2007-2010 Total Bed Days Used, Comparison of January through September 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Class 1 15622 17042 16412 15218 Class 1 11602 12942 12739 11383 10960 Class M or X 4797 6568 4784 6399 Class M or X 3308 4406 3853 4480 3667 Class 2 9975 13538 8838 10102 Class 2 6483 10621 6318 7647 8720 Class 3 7189 7187 5131 8037 Class 3 5471 5781 3519 6396 3576 Class 4 9617 10785 8770 8216 Class 4 7277 8179 6679 6726 5452 DUIs 932 855 708 521 DUIs 736 725 521 421 602 Misdemeanors 8398 9729 7235 6516 Misdemeanors 6289 7651 5517 5057 5159 Total 56530 65704 51878 55009 Total 41166 50305 39146 42110 38136 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total Bed Days Used January through September of Each Year Total Bed Days Used, Comparison of January through September of Each Year (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 20 40 60 80 [PHONE REDACTED] 2008 2009 2010 2011 Average Bed Days used January through September of Each Year Average Number of Beds Used, Comparison of January through September of Each Year (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Number of Different Persons January through September of Each Year Number of Different Persons, Comparison of January through September of Each Year (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total Bed Days Used Year Total Bed Days Used, 2007-2010 (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 20 40 60 80 100 [PHONE REDACTED] 2008 2009 2010 Average Bed Days Used Year Average Number of Beds Used, 2007-2010 (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 2007 2008 2009 2010 Number of Different Persons Year Number of Different Persons, 2007-2010 (New Arrests and Warrants) Misdemeanors DUIs Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class M or X Class 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- Findings on Case Processing • Case processing time does not differ much by Class of Felony involved—except Class M or X cases take much longer. • Case processing time rises dramatically between first status hearing and first plea; this is due to cases that have multiple status hearings. Notice that that matters similarly for all kinds of cases. • Case processing time varies little by race/ethnicity; however, it is lowest for African Americans than it is for the white population or Latinos. • Case processing time is lower if the defendant is spending more time in the jail. • Because African Americans are more likely to be in the jail, no matter the offense, this is a contributing factor to the lower case processing time for that population. • Case processing time was higher in 2008; this contributed to jail overpopulation • Case processing time is lower in 2009 and 2010. • The most interesting decrease in case processing time is between Last Trial and Sentencing in 2010. The system is working more efficiently. ---PAGE BREAK--- Findings on Length of Stay in the Jail • Annual bed usage was highest in 2008, went down in 2009 and up in 2010. • Thus far in 2011, bed usage is almost the same as it was to this point in 2009; we are not on track to repeat 2008. • Thus for in 2011, the number of persons in the jail for Class 1, 3, and 4 Felonies, DUIs, and Misdemeanors is the lower than any of the previous 4 years. • Over the last 5 years, length of stay by kind of case has remained flat or risen • The decrease in total bed usage over the last 4 years is being driven by fewer persons being booked into the jail--not because of decreases in length of stay. • Most of the downward trend in number of bookings has to do with a precipitous decline in people being arrested on Warrants; there has been a smaller decline in bookings for New Charges. • By sex and race/ethnicity, we know that women spend less time in the jail than men. We also know that African Americans and Latinos spend more time in the jail than whites, this is true within classes of felony. However, this could be do to prior convictions and level of violence in the alleged offense.