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Jail population edges up as pretrial supervision caseload triples in past year
Summary
County staff reported a recent rise in jail population and continued growth in pretrial supervision capacity: jail population near 1,275–1,279 with about 777 people on pretrial supervision and roughly 4,233 under justice supervision overall.
The board heard that the county jail population has risen recently, reversing a multi‑week dip and settling near 1,275–1,279 residents, with staff estimating an increase of about 50 people over the past six weeks. Aaron Levin, who presented the statistics, said 777 people are currently on pretrial supervision and probation caseloads remain near 2,200, producing a total of about 4,233 people under justice-system supervision.
Levin emphasized that pretrial supervision has expanded rapidly: "We were at about 250 [on pretrial] in early 2025. Now we're at 777," and noted the majority of people on pretrial supervision are charged with low‑level felonies. Board members asked whether COVID‑era lows skew historical averages; Levin showed a new historical dashboard that allows users to select dates back to 2019 to compare different baselines.
The presentation also broke down charge status and length-of-stay metrics: roughly 1,106 of the current jail population were pretrial detainees, approximately 650 were classified as high‑level felonies and about 424 as low‑level felonies. Staff said use‑of‑force incidents have been at a low and stable level for the last eight months but cautioned that staffing shortages persist.
