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SCOTT M. STRINGER
8,000 7,938
$0.80B
6,000
SMALLEST $0.60B
AVERAGE JAIL
4,000 POPULATION $0.40B
SINCE 1980
2,000 $0.20B
0 $0.0B
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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
Total Annual and Daily Cost per Incarcerated Person, Including Costs Funded Outside
$600,000 $1,000
the Department of Correction Budget
$925
Annual Non-DOC Costs per Incarcerated Person (Fringe Benefits, Pensions, and Medical $900
$500,000 Services) $836
$800
Annual Cost per Incarcerated Person
2,000
0.20
0 0.00
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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.
$196 $22,339
$200 $20,000
$177
$155 $19,166
$145 $139
$150 $15,000
$114
$99 $97 $13,071
$100 $11,773 $12,189 $10,000
$8,900
$50 $7,398 $7,465 $5,000
$0 $0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 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.
Fight/Assault Infractions
(per 1,000 Average Daily Population)
1,600
1,513
1,400
1,332 1,354
Fight/Assault Infractions (per 1,000 ADP)
1,200
1,148
1,000
920 FIGHT/
800 ASSAULT
774
INFRACTION
615 644 RATE
600 573 581 INCREASED
501 12% IN FY19
400
200
-
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 FY 2019
Assaults on Staff
(per 1,000 Average Daily Population)
160.0
151.2
140.0
Assaults on Staff (per 1,000 ADP)
120.0
110.4
100.0 103.2 100.8
94.8 FY19
RATE OF
80.0 ASSAULTS
70.8 ON STAFF
UP 37%
60.0
56.4
48.0
40.0 42.0
38.4
34.8
20.0
-
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
900 890
800
700
628
600
538 534
500
471
400 USE OF
370 FORCE
300 RATE UP
289 42% IN
231 FY19
200
164 170 178
100
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
4,000
3,836 3,894
3,662
3,500
3,000
Tort Claims Filed
2,797
2,500
CLAIMS FOR
2,241 PERSONAL
2,000
INJURY AT A
1,595 1,657 CORRECTION
1,500
FACILITY
1,188 1,183 NEARLY
1,000 1,061 1,044
QUADRUPLED
500 FROM FY08
TO FY18
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
*Includes claims by incarcerated persons, visitors, or employees of City correction institutions or facilities who were allegedly injured by the actions of City employees or
incarcerated persons.
Source: NYC Comptroller’s Office, Claims Report: Fiscal Year 2018.