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Letcher County, KY jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Letcher County holds 1 jails with a total of 15,125 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Letcher County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Letcher County Quick Facts
65
Letcher County Population Total
8,417 / 226 / 19
Female Population, Rate & Count
8,396 / 929 / 78
Male Population, Rate & Count
$31,200
Median Income
1,889.2
Arrest Rate
419.2
Local Jail Rate
65
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
65
Population Total Confined
322
Pretrial Rate
1,013
Admit Rate
157
Admit Count
15,125
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
Letcher County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 38.60% of all the crimes committed in the county - 22 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Letcher County.
Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES
10.53
%
Violent Crime
0.00
%
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
3.51
%
Revised Rape
1.75
%
Robbery
5.26
%
Aggravated Assault
38.60
%
Property Crime
12.28
%
Burglary
21.05
%
Larceny Theft
5.26
%
Motor Vehicle Theft
1.75
%
Arson
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
3
1
2
3
6
2
4
1
1
4
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Legacy Rape
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Robbery
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Aggravated Assault
1
1
2
2
4
1
2
0
0
3
Property Crime Total
58
67
100
72
31
49
92
60
62
40
Burglary
24
35
38
36
19
22
46
28
27
15
Larceny Theft
30
29
57
29
11
19
42
31
28
22
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
3
5
7
1
8
4
1
7
3
Arson
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Letcher County Jail Demographics
The county has 23,091 people confined with a jail population density of 44 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 7,563 women and 7,562 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
24,585
2006
24,534
2007
24,499
2008
24,363
2009
24,364
2010
24,571
2011
24,436
2012
23,946
2013
23,513
2014
23,359
2015
23,091
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
8,396
8,417
2006
8,384
8,359
2007
8,337
8,297
2008
8,260
8,261
2009
8,305
8,240
2010
8,254
8,314
2011
8,121
8,214
2012
7,870
8,013
2013
7,694
7,811
2014
7,566
7,664
2015
7,562
7,563
A Timeline of Letcher County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
929
226
2006
902
212
2007
879
199
2008
858
185
2009
825
170
2010
801
153
2011
785
140
2012
780
128
2013
767
115
2014
767
115
2015
767
115
Letcher County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
63.66
%
White
0.43
%
Black
0.38
%
Latino
0.10
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 1,889 and a local jail rate of 419 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 322 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,013, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,304 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
1,013
Admit Rate
419
Local Jail Rate
322
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Letcher is 65 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 85 imprisonments a day.
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