Search Letcher County, KY Inmate Records

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

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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

2006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total3123624114
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter1000001000
Revised Rape0000000111
Legacy Rape0001101000
Robbery1000110000
Aggravated Assault1122412003
Property Crime Total586710072314992606240
Burglary24353836192246282715
Larceny Theft30295729111942312822
Motor Vehicle Theft4357184173
Arson0001000000

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.

Letcher County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 506
2006 493
2007 481
2008 469
2009 453
2010 438
2011 429
2012 425
2013 419
2014 419
2015 419

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,304 517
2006 8,292 492
2007 7,289 467
2008 6,274 443
2009 5,202 414
2010 4,133 386
2011 3,115 363
2012 2,096 344
2013 1,013 322
2014 1,013 322
2015 1,013 322

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 85
2006 83
2007 80
2008 78
2009 75
2010 73
2011 70
2012 68
2013 65
2014 65
2015 65