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Description:
The average monthly jail population is the number of inmates housed on an average per day in each corresponding month.
Significance:
Due to the design and physical limitations of the jail and Geiger, and the corresponding staffing needs, the higher the population, the more stress is put on both the physical capacity as well as staffing needs. Safety of inmates and staff is also of heightened concern. The current Strategy through the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge is to safely reduce the jail average daily population by 10% in 2017, 12% in 2018 and by 15% by April 2019.
