Trends in the Criminal Justice System Mike Lawlor, Undersecretary

Presented

February 2018

Trends in criminal justice• Reduction in index crimes, 2008 to 2016: -26%

• Reduction in criminal arrests, 2009 to 2017: -29%

• Reduction in prison population, 2008 to 2018: -30%

• Reduction in minority prison population, 2008 to 2018: -32%

• Reduction in total releases, 2007-2010 v. 2014-2017: -23%

• Reduction in prison admits, 2009 to 2017: -28%

• Reduction in pre-trial admits, 2009 to 2017: -31%

Sources: FBI Uniform Crime Report, Offender-Based Tracking System, Connecticut Department of Correction

Trends in criminal justice (2)• Reduction in EOS releases, 2009 to 2017: -30%

• Reduction in parole releases, 2009 to 2017: -50%

• Reduction in TS releases, 2009 to 2017: -33%

• Reduction in DOC remands, 2009 to 2017: -33%

• Reduction in adult probation, 2009 to 2017: -30%

• Reduction in urban homicides*, 2011 to 2017: -27%Urban homicides* combine data for Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven

Sources: Connecticut Department of Correction, Court Support Services Division – Judicial Branch

Total index crimes – CT UCR, 1960 - 2016

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report

Violent Crime, 2015 to 2016

Source: Connecticut Uniformed Crime Report, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP)

Town 2015 2016 % ChangeHartford 1,420 1,353 -5%New Haven 1,229 1,219 -1%Bridgeport 996 1,115 12%Three Cities 3,645 3,687 1%All Other 4,280 4,461 4%Statewide 7,925 8,148 3%

Violent Crimes

Murders in Connecticut 1960 - 2016

The FBI defines murder as the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report

Source: Bridgeport, Hartford & New Haven Police Departments

Urban Homicides

Reported crimes (UCR) and arrests

119,432 118,940 115,601 115,337 114,011 117,196 124,249114,156 114,789

101,065 94,856 90,310 84,703 83,143 80,600

020,00040,00060,00080,000

100,000120,000140,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Statewide ArrestsSource: CT Offenders-based Tracking system (OBTS)

10,399 10,254 10,096 10,525 10,550 10,768 10,532 10,077 9,887 10,167 9,107 8,495 7,925 8,148

92,042 94,197 92,183 90,627 86,850 87,442 82,712 78,519 77,445 77,380 71,191 69,351 65,778 64,930

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25,000

50,000

75,000

100,000

125,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Reported crimesProperty crime Violent crime

The prison population, by status, Jan. 1st

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

-30%

-34%

-19%

Population: York C.I. Jan. 1, 2007-2017

York, C.I. is the only women’s facility in CT

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

1,2961,367

1,294 1,267

1,080 1,031 1,046 1,0301,109

1,046 1,069982

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Population: York CI, Jan. 1, 2006-2018

-33%

CT DOC Daily Population 2012 - 2018

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction and Office of Policy and Management – Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=2967&q=487584

Jan. 1st - 13,649Feb. 27th - 13,762

Reduction 18-21 Cohort

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

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312

2092

5654

5400

5485

18

223

1962

5221

5197

5432

13

186

1765

5180

4972

5630

17

126

1611

4860

4846

5562

12

94

1425

4713

4742

5361

13

75

1252

4786

4867

5601

15 69

1104

4647

4847

5485

8

76

964

4305

4788

5359

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63

840

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4522

5082

3 52

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4298

4934

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Incarceration and Age

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total incarcerated population on January 1.

Youth arrests, 2008 - 2016

Source: CT UCR, DESPP

Racial/ethnic composition of the prison population

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction, January 1st

Racial/ethnic composition of the Pretrial population

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction, January 1st

DOC admissions 2006 - 2016

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

-43%

-30%

Releases and discharges, sentenced

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

-23%

-27%

Pretrial releases

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

-34%

-29%

DOC community supervision 2006 - 2016

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

-60%

-46%

-47%

DUI home confinement and special parole

Source: Connecticut Department of Correction

Recidivism among male prisoners

Source: Office of Policy and Management – Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division

Probation population

Source: Court Support Services Division (Judicial Branch)

-31%

OPM’s input-output model of the CJ system

Source: Office of Policy and Management – Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division

www.ct.gov/opm/CriminalJustice/Research