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Penobscot County, ME jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Penobscot County holds 3 jails with a total of 103,774 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Penobscot County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Penobscot County Quick Facts
162
Penobscot County Population Total
52,348 / 38 / 2
Female Population, Rate & Count
51,927 / 266 / 138
Male Population, Rate & Count
$43,734
Median Income
3,528.9
Arrest Rate
137.8
Local Jail Rate
145
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
162
Population Total Confined
123
Pretrial Rate
4,936
Admit Rate
5,194
Admit Count
103,774
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Violent Crime Total
8
8
5
6
6
2
8
11
9
10
3
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Revised Rape
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Legacy Rape
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
Robbery
0
4
0
1
1
2
5
6
6
8
2
Aggravated Assault
8
4
4
5
4
0
1
3
2
1
0
Property Crime Total
758
826
750
711
615
738
743
616
589
404
416
Burglary
228
250
200
206
221
227
265
219
176
114
120
Larceny Theft
495
540
517
461
364
464
432
365
396
267
270
Motor Vehicle Theft
35
36
33
44
30
47
46
32
17
23
26
Arson
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
Penobscot County Jail Demographics
The county has 152,478 people confined with a jail population density of 30 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 51,380 women and 52,394 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year
Total Population
2005
149,726
2006
151,446
2007
152,232
2008
153,372
2009
153,770
2010
153,831
2011
153,799
2012
153,612
2013
153,479
2014
153,414
2015
152,478
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year
Male Population
Female Population
2005
51,927
52,348
2006
52,640
52,977
2007
52,907
53,247
2008
53,365
53,483
2009
53,525
53,525
2010
53,376
53,494
2011
53,252
53,440
2012
52,731
53,070
2013
52,560
52,671
2014
52,258
52,252
2015
52,394
51,380
A Timeline of Penobscot County Incarceration by Gender
Year
Male Rate
Female Rate
2005
266
38
2006
264
40
2007
265
42
2008
264
44
2009
265
47
2010
268
49
2011
270
51
2012
275
54
2013
278
57
2014
278
57
2015
278
57
Penobscot County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
64.25
%
White
0.72
%
Black
0.82
%
Latino
0.94
%
Asian
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,529 and a local jail rate of 138 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 123 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 4,936, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 7,951 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
4,936
Admit Rate
138
Local Jail Rate
123
Pretrial Rate
The average jail count for Penobscot is 145 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 143 imprisonments a day.
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