Jail population steady, but intake increases and JPC capacity flagged as risks
County justice staff reported a lower average in-custody length of stay (about 141 days) and a reduced felony backlog, but warned that rising intakes and JPC capacity constraints could drive the average daily population up; the court asked staff to monitor probable-cause and hearing throughput and to return with operational metrics.
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Tanya Mills of Justice Innovation updated the court on jail and pretrial metrics on June 11, reporting continued reductions in backlog and in average length of stay but warning about an uptick in intakes that could reverse gains.
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