NYC Department of Correction

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER

SCOTT M. STRINGER

NYC Department of Correction

FYs 2009-19 OPERATING EXPENDITURES, JAIL POPULATION, COST PER INCARCERATED

PERSON, STAFFING RATIOS, PERFORMANCE MEASURE OUTCOMES, AND OVERTIME

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

New York City Comptroller's Office Budget Bureau December 2019

Budget Bureau | 1

Jail Population Continued Steady Decline; Costs Fell Modestly

Jail Population DOC Expenditures ($ billions)

14,000 12,000

13,362

10,000

$1.0B

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

13,049 $1.01B

Department of Correction Budget and Jail Population

Expenditures

Average Daily Jail Population (ADP)

12,790 $1.04B

12,287 $1.07B

11,827 $1.08B

11,408 $1.10B

$1.15B 10,240

$1.29B 9,790

$1.36B 9,500

$1.39B

$1.33B

8,896

7,938

SMALLEST AVERAGE JAIL POPULATION

SINCE 1980

$1.40B $1.20B $1.0B $0.80B $0.60B $0.40B $0.20B

0 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

$0.0B

Note: In October 2018, New York City transferred 16- and 17-year-olds from DOC facilities to the Horizon Juvenile Detention Center, operated by the Administration for Children's Services, as required under the state Raise the Age law. However, DOC provided temporary staffing for the center in FY 2019. For purposes of comparability with previous analyses, DOC costs related to staffing the youth center have been excluded. Source: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Comptroller for FY 2009 - 2019, NYC Financial Management System, Mayor's Management Reports for FY 2009 through 2019.

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

Budget Bureau | 2

Full Cost per Incarcerated Person up 85% since FY 2014

Annual Cost per Incarcerated Person Daily Cost per Incarcerated Person

Total Annual and Daily Cost per Incarcerated Person, Including Costs Funded Outside

$600,000

the Department of Correction Budget

Annual Non-DOC Costs per Incarcerated Person (Fringe Benefits, Pensions, and Medical

$925

$1,000 $900

$500,000

Services) Annual DOC Cost per Incarcerated Person

$756

$836

$800

$400,000

Total Daily Cost per Incarcerated Person

$300,000

$200,000

$354

$129,215

$371 $135,324

$100,000 $54,693 $58,170

$395 $144,176

$62,881

$74,521 $77,154 $81,295

$444 $162,127 $74,739 $87,388

$468 $170,768 $79,616 $91,153

$499 $182,309 $86,076 $96,232

$588 $214,788 $102,123 $112,665

$670 $244,643 $112,623

$275,986

$305,003

$700 $337,524

$600

$500

$132,857

$148,228

$169,401

$400 $300

$132,019

$143,130

$156,775

$168,123

$200 $100

$0

$0

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019*

*Fringe benefit and pension costs are estimated as of April 2019.

Full cost excludes debt service, judgments and claims, and legal services. DOC costs related to staffing the Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in FY 2019 were also excluded. In FY

2018, debt service added daily costs of $53 per incarcerated person, and tort claim settlements and judgments added $10 per incarcerated person per day. Fringe benefits include

the cost of retiree health insurance.

Source: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Comptroller for FY 2009 - 2019, NYC Office of Management and Budget Message of the Mayor and Budget Function Analysis

for FY 2010 ? FY 2020, NYC Financial Management System, Mayor's Management Reports for FY 2009 ? FY 2019.

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

Budget Bureau | 3

DOC has Employed More Correction Officers than the Average Jail Population Since FY 2016

Number of Uniformed Employees Uniformed Employee to Incarcerated Individuals Ratio

12,000

10,000 8,000

9,068

6,000

0.68

4,000

2,000

Correction Officers to Incarcerated Individuals Ratio

Uniformed Employee to Incarcerated Individuals Ratio

Number of Uniformed Employees

1.40

8,772 0.67

8,456 0.66

8,540 0.70

8,991 0.76

8,922 0.78

8,756 0.86

9,832 1.00

10,862 1.14

1.20 10,653

1.25 1.20

9,931 1.00

DOC

0.80

EMPLOYED

1.25 OFFICERS

FOR EVERY

0.60

INCARCERATED

PERSON IN FY19

0.40

0.20

0 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Note: DOC uniformed employees assigned to the Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in FY 2019 were excluded. Source: NYC Comptroller's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report FY 2009 ? 2019, Mayor's Management Report for FY 2009 ? 2019.

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

2018

0.00 2019

Budget Bureau | 4

Overtime Spending Fell in FY 2019

Overtime ($millions) OT Expense per Incarcerated Individual

$300 $250 $200 $150

$99 $100

$50 $7,398

Agencywide Overtime Cost Relative to Average Jail Population

Agencywide Overtime (OT) Expense

OT Expense per Incarcerated Individual

OVERTIME FELL FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

$97 $7,465

$114 $8,900

$145

$155

$11,773

$13,071

$139 $12,189

$196 $19,166

$275 $28,074

$266

$28,045

$24,925 $222

$22,339

$177

$30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000

$0 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

$0 2019

Note: DOC overtime costs related to staffing the Horizon Juvenile Detention Center in FY 2019 were excluded. Overtime per incarcerated individual represents the total overtime expense divided by the average daily jail population. The average overtime payment earned by uniformed DOC employees was $15,312 in FY19. Source: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports of the Comptroller for FY 2009 ? 2019, NYC Financial Management System, Mayor's Management Reports for FY 2009 ? 2019.

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

Budget Bureau | 5

Rate of Fight/Assault Infractions Increased in FY 2019

Fight/Assault Infractions

(per 1,000 Average Daily Population)

1,600

1,400

Fight/Assault Infractions (per 1,000 ADP)

1,200

1,000 800

920 774

600

573

581

615

644

501

400

200

2009

2010

2011

2012

Source: Mayor's Management Reports for FY 2009 ? 2019.

2013

2014

2015

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1,148 2016

1,332

1,354

1,513

FIGHT/ ASSAULT INFRACTION

RATE INCREASED 12% IN FY19

2017

2018

FY 2019

Budget Bureau | 6

Rate of Assaults on Staff up 37% in FY 2019

Assaults on Staff

160.0

(per 1,000 Average Daily Population)

140.0

Assaults on Staff (per 1,000 ADP)

120.0

100.0

103.2 94.8

80.0

70.8

60.0

56.4

48.0

40.0 34.8

38.4

42.0

20.0

2009

2010

2011

2012

Source: Mayor's Management Reports for FYs 2009 through 2019.

2013

2014

2015

2016

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151.2

100.8

110.4

FY19 RATE OF ASSAULTS ON STAFF UP 37%

2017

2018

2019

Budget Bureau | 7

Rate of Use of Force Incidents & Allegations up 42% in FY 2019

Use of Force by Correction Officers (per 1,000 ADP)

Use of Force by Correction Officers

(Incidents and Allegations per 1,000 Average Daily Population)

1000

900

800

700

600

538

534

500

471

400 370

300

289

231

200 164

170

178

100

0 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Source: Mayor's Management Reports for FY 2009 ? 2019.

NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT M. STRINGER

890

628

USE OF FORCE RATE UP 42% IN FY19

2018

2019

Budget Bureau | 8

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