District Of Columbia County, DC Jail and Prison System

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County has 1,286 jails with an average daily population of 512 inmates with a total of 1,814 jail population. When breaking down the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County jail population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners and make 6% with 107 female and 1,696 male inmates.

How Does District Of Columbia County Inmate Search Work?

District Of Columbia County inmate records are public records that anyone can review easily. The Freedom of Information Act governs the availability of regarding District Of Columbia county inmate records which provide a lot of useful information about a person.

District Of Columbia County Parole and Probation

District Of Columbia County Parole

Parole is when an inmate is allowed to leave jail early because they have shown remorse while serving their time. A parole board decides on who gets to receive parole and who does not. You can obtain District Of Columbia county parole records and find out a lot about someone . Some things contained in the District Of Columbia county parole records may be information about their sentence and their crimes. You might also see details about where they were held and the rules of their parole.

District Of Columbia County Probation

Along with those inmates that have been released, you might also be able to review District Of Columbia county probation records illustrating men and women who didn’t go to prison but instead was put on probation. Probation does not come for free . Probationers must check-in a probation officer once a week plus follow other rules. Typically,District Of Columbia county inmate records will show the person crimes, their probationary sentence, and the ruling court department details who sentenced them. Along with that details , you may see mugshots , fingerprints, physical details about the person , and other details.

District Of Columbia County Booking

District Of Columbia county bookings are also helpful when looking for information on whether or not someone has been arrested. When a suspect is arrested, the officer fills out forms and then holds them in a jail , which essentially becomes their District Of Columbia county booking record. It may also include things like fingerprints, mugshots , physical details, their name, and address, arresting officer , the details of the crime, the location, and any vehicles that were involved. The general public has the right to review a copy of someone’s District Of Columbia county booking records without any type of permission .

District Of Columbia County Incarceration Statistics

Over the past 45 years, the incarceration rate in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County has decreased by 44% going from 3,222 inmates yearly to 1,814 inmates.

Even though women are the fastest growing group of inmates in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County, men still make up the vast majority of inmates admitted to prison each year - nearly rate of 730 per 100,000 U.S residents yearly across the county.

Inmate Population and Incarceration Rates in District Of Columbia County, DC

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County has th highest jail incarceration rate across District Of Columbia, yet from the total of 1,286 inmates only 1,814 are currently confined, the rest 757 are pretrial inmates and are awaiting trial, being tried, or awaiting a verdict.

District Of Columbia County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2010-2015 years

District Of Columbia County Incarceration Statistics by Gender

In DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County, males are incarcerated in jail at a rate of 1,280 per 100,000 male U.S. residents, which is nearly 17 times more than female incarceration rate, of 42 per 100,000 female U.S. residents. From 2010 to 2015, the male incarceration rate increased by 43%, while the female incarceration rate grew by 68%.

District Of Columbia County Female Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

District Of Columbia County Male Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

Breaking Down District Of Columbia County Inmates By Race

In DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County, white people are incarcerated in jail on average at a rate of 25 per 100,000 white U.S. residents, which is higher by 97% from incarceration rate of black people. From 2010 to 2015, the incarceration rate of black people declined by 43%, going from 1,320 to 757 per 100,000 black U.S. residents. The Hispanic incarceration rate in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County is on average at a rate of 314 per 100,000 Hispanic U.S. residents, while the Asian incarceration rate has an average rate of 77 per 100,000 asian people U.S. residents making only 25 from incarceration rate in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA County.

District Of Columbia County Incarceration Rates by Race, for 2010-2015 years