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Jail population steady, but intake increases and JPC capacity flagged as risks
Summary
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.
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.
Through June 3, the average in-custody length of stay fell to about 141 days — down markedly from the prior year — and the felony case backlog decreased roughly 28% since December. Mills said the county is still seeing improvements in dispositional throughput that helped stabilize the average daily population.
However, Mills flagged a projected 4% increase in FY26 bookings compared with FY25 and rising daily occupancy at the Joint Processing Center (JPC), where capacity constraints have caused days with nearly 400 inmates and greater administrative movement of detainees. Mills said the county must keep probable-cause hearings, jail-based hearings, and court dispositions moving without delay, noting that slower processing at the JPC can create operational pressure.
Sheriff’s Office staff and Justice Innovation described mental-health pilots and expanded clinical response teams as part of the FY27 budget requests, including an expansion of the HEART program, a mental-health public-defender-style pilot and an IDD reentry pilot; the sheriff’s office plans to return roughly 250 outsourced beds this fiscal year and up to 400 more in 2027 as construction and bed availability improve.
What happens next: staff will return with additional jail metrics, clarify outsourcing timelines and report on hiring and hearing-officer capacity. The court asked for a written update ahead of FY27 budget deliberations.
Source: Justice Innovation (Tanya Mills) presentation, June 11, 2026.
