Search Jefferson County, LA Inmate Records

Jefferson County, LA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Jefferson County holds 0 jails with a total of 288,485 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Jefferson County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Jefferson County Quick Facts

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Jefferson County Population Total
159,502 / 77 / 123
Female Population, Rate & Count
150,701 / 647 / 975
Male Population, Rate & Count
$48,261
Median Income
4,970.1
Arrest Rate
257.3
Local Jail Rate
741
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
815
Population Total Confined
25
Pretrial Rate
1,975
Admit Rate
5,688
Admit Count
288,485
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Jefferson County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 43.69% of all the crimes committed in the county - 11,217 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.17% out of all the crimes in Jefferson County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

6.19 %
Violent Crime
0.17 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0.26 %
Revised Rape
1.55 %
Robbery
4.21 %
Aggravated Assault
43.69 %
Property Crime
5.85 %
Burglary
35.09 %
Larceny Theft
2.75 %
Motor Vehicle Theft
0.23 %
Arson

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

20062007200820092010201120132015
Violent Crime Total2,5802,6162,2432,3461,8701,8091,6811,688
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter6644365152494327
Revised Rape000000079
Legacy Rape847470786767670
Robbery547634593522431464395403
Aggravated Assault1,8831,8641,5441,6951,3201,2291,1761,179
Property Crime Total13,83415,09015,04714,60212,78213,02812,67311,790
Burglary3,7313,6323,6753,3432,8092,9502,3991,878
Larceny Theft8,4449,5969,8329,9768,8969,1939,4859,218
Motor Vehicle Theft1,6591,8621,5401,2831,077885789694
Arson173177136104130947766

Jefferson County Jail Demographics

The county has 435,555 people confined with a jail population density of 974 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 145,927 women and 142,558 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 456,554
2006 426,285
2007 432,683
2008 431,759
2009 431,921
2010 432,767
2011 434,056
2012 434,575
2013 435,524
2014 435,716
2015 435,555

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 150,701 159,502
2006 143,720 149,534
2007 145,083 150,795
2008 143,999 149,487
2009 144,218 148,617
2010 144,643 148,128
2011 144,644 148,403
2012 143,806 147,929
2013 143,490 147,653
2014 142,736 147,429
2015 142,558 145,927

A Timeline of Jefferson County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 647 77
2006 492 81
2007 520 60
2008 615 84
2009 596 66
2010 582 67
2011 617 68
2012 591 63
2013 584 81
2014 589 82
2015 596 77

Jefferson County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

35.22 %
White
17.98 %
Black
9.53 %
Latino
0.32 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 4,970 and a local jail rate of 257 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 25 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,975, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,000 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

1,975
Admit Rate
257
Local Jail Rate
25
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Jefferson is 741 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,089 imprisonments a day.

Jefferson County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 351
2006 231
2007 281
2008 336
2009 303
2010 345
2011 318
2012 329
2013 308
2014 305
2015 257

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,000 305
2006 1,458 248
2007 1,833 234
2008 11,477 271
2009 1,122 277
2010 3,277 262
2011 7,900 287
2012 8,955 273
2013 653 305
2014 2,534 287
2015 1,975 25

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 1,089
2006 676
2007 830
2008 986
2009 887
2010 1,011
2011 931
2012 961
2013 896
2014 885
2015 741