Search Montgomery County, PA Inmate Records

Montgomery County, PA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Montgomery County holds 3 jails with a total of 534,907 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Montgomery County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Montgomery County Quick Facts

2,330
Montgomery County Population Total
260,430 / 73 / 189
Female Population, Rate & Count
254,072 / 532 / 1,352
Male Population, Rate & Count
$79,183
Median Income
2,896.0
Arrest Rate
435.8
Local Jail Rate
2,330
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
2,330
Population Total Confined
302
Pretrial Rate
1,975
Admit Rate
10,561
Admit Count
534,907
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

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Montgomery County Jail Demographics

The county has 818,363 people confined with a jail population density of 1,107 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 270,455 women and 264,452 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 779,401
2006 781,519
2007 785,170
2008 789,250
2009 795,494
2010 801,066
2011 805,487
2012 809,618
2013 813,832
2014 816,857
2015 818,363

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 254,072 260,430
2006 255,208 262,154
2007 256,858 263,667
2008 257,768 264,927
2009 259,636 266,694
2010 261,328 268,623
2011 263,205 270,444
2012 263,552 270,393
2013 264,416 270,809
2014 264,733 270,885
2015 264,452 270,455

A Timeline of Montgomery County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 532 73
2006 540 73
2007 581 77
2008 600 88
2009 629 88
2010 582 89
2011 582 88
2012 599 110
2013 582 113
2014 620 118
2015 600 127

Montgomery County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

50.30 %
White
6.43 %
Black
3.12 %
Latino
0.08 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,896 and a local jail rate of 436 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 302 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 1,975, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 1,713 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

1,975
Admit Rate
436
Local Jail Rate
302
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Montgomery is 2,330 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 1,494 imprisonments a day.

Montgomery County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 290
2006 302
2007 305
2008 321
2009 338
2010 328
2011 334
2012 328
2013 356
2014 352
2015 436

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 1,713 182
2006 7,075 180
2007 2,444 213
2008 2,284 235
2009 1,664 244
2010 1,535 240
2011 1,387 240
2012 1,621 248
2013 1,848 244
2014 2,775 240
2015 1,975 302

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 1,494
2006 1,561
2007 1,588
2008 1,676
2009 1,778
2010 1,740
2011 1,782
2012 1,750
2013 1,908
2014 1,888
2015 2,330