Search Kershaw County, SC Inmate Records
Kershaw County, SC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Kershaw County holds 1 jails with a total of 40,512 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Kershaw County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Kershaw County Quick Facts
146
Kershaw County Population Total
19,139 / 37 / 7
Female Population, Rate & Count
18,331 / 540 / 99
Male Population, Rate & Count
146
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
146
Population Total Confined
40,512
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2015 |
---|
Violent Crime Total | 189 | 157 | 214 | 258 | 214 | 256 | 173 |
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Legacy Rape | 14 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 0 |
Robbery | 20 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 7 |
Aggravated Assault | 155 | 125 | 176 | 220 | 169 | 213 | 121 |
Property Crime Total | 1,070 | 1,236 | 1,369 | 1,489 | 1,371 | 1,557 | 1,154 |
Burglary | 265 | 335 | 405 | 457 | 396 | 485 | 312 |
Larceny Theft | 691 | 757 | 802 | 894 | 890 | 962 | 781 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 114 | 144 | 162 | 138 | 85 | 110 | 61 |
Arson | 2 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 5 |
Kershaw County Jail Demographics
The county has 63,521 people confined with a jail population density of 56 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 20,812 women and 19,700 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
Year |
Total Population |
2005 |
56,506 |
2006 |
58,060 |
2007 |
59,380 |
2008 |
60,395 |
2009 |
61,143 |
2010 |
61,678 |
2011 |
62,034 |
2012 |
62,232 |
2013 |
62,604 |
2014 |
63,161 |
2015 |
63,521 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
2005 |
18,331 |
19,139 |
2006 |
18,789 |
19,669 |
2007 |
19,146 |
20,061 |
2008 |
19,334 |
20,321 |
2009 |
19,539 |
20,475 |
2010 |
19,632 |
20,706 |
2011 |
19,727 |
20,771 |
2012 |
19,675 |
20,630 |
2013 |
19,630 |
20,669 |
2014 |
19,766 |
20,736 |
2015 |
19,700 |
20,812 |
A Timeline of Kershaw County Incarceration by Gender
Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
2005 |
540 |
37 |
2006 |
549 |
39 |
2007 |
560 |
41 |
2008 |
576 |
44 |
2009 |
591 |
46 |
2010 |
609 |
49 |
2011 |
627 |
52 |
2012 |
650 |
55 |
2013 |
672 |
58 |
2014 |
672 |
58 |
2015 |
672 |
58 |
Kershaw County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 3,982 and a local jail rate of 362 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 320 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 8,037, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 14,612 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Kershaw is 146 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 94 imprisonments a day.
Kershaw County Incarceration Rates
Year |
Jail Rate |
2005 |
251 |
2006 |
261 |
2007 |
273 |
2008 |
286 |
2009 |
300 |
2010 |
314 |
2011 |
328 |
2012 |
346 |
2013 |
362 |
2014 |
362 |
2015 |
362 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
2005 |
14,612 |
283 |
2006 |
13,510 |
283 |
2007 |
12,539 |
285 |
2008 |
11,692 |
289 |
2009 |
10,889 |
294 |
2010 |
10,108 |
298 |
2011 |
9,378 |
304 |
2012 |
8,730 |
313 |
2013 |
8,037 |
320 |
2014 |
8,037 |
320 |
2015 |
8,037 |
320 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
Year |
Jail Count |
2005 |
94 |
2006 |
101 |
2007 |
107 |
2008 |
114 |
2009 |
120 |
2010 |
127 |
2011 |
133 |
2012 |
140 |
2013 |
146 |
2014 |
146 |
2015 |
146 |