The Longevity of Stay in New York City Jail

The population has become more concentrated in a serious offenders and be offenders who have been evaluated as in need of mental health services. In 2015, about 50% of our populations were charged with felonies and 50% were charged with misdemeanors. As you pointed out, we do have a much more higher concentration of violent offenders but those violent offenders are also in our system significantly longer than necessary. The length of stay is also a contributing factor to this situation.