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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
$43,765
Median Income
3,981.5
Arrest Rate
362.3
Local Jail Rate
146
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
146
Population Total Confined
320
Pretrial Rate
8,037
Admit Rate
3,239
Admit Count
40,512
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2005200720082009201120122015
Violent Crime Total189157214258214256173
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0223622
Revised Rape00000043
Legacy Rape1416131721270
Robbery2014231818147
Aggravated Assault155125176220169213121
Property Crime Total1,0701,2361,3691,4891,3711,5571,154
Burglary265335405457396485312
Larceny Theft691757802894890962781
Motor Vehicle Theft1141441621388511061
Arson21214122115

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

44.36 %
White
16.14 %
Black
2.64 %
Latino
0.22 %
Asian

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

8,037
Admit Rate
362
Local Jail Rate
320
Pretrial Rate

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

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