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What is NYC AC § 9-137?

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This section mandates the department to publish quarterly reports on the incarcerated population in city jails, detailing demographics such as age, gender, race, borough of arrest, educational background, and membership in security risk groups. Applies to the department responsible for managing city jails.

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§ 9-137 Jail population statistics.

AC § 9-137

a. Within 45 days of the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, the department shall post a report on its website containing information related to the incarcerated individual population in city jails for the preceding quarter. Such quarterly report shall include the following information based on the number of incarcerated individual admissions during the reporting period, and based on the average daily population of the city's jails for the preceding quarter in total, and as a percentage of the average daily population of incarcerated individuals in the department's custody during the reporting period: 1. Age, in years, disaggregated as follows: 16-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 or older.

2.Gender, including a separate category for those incarcerated individuals housed in any transgender housing unit.

3.Race of incarcerated individuals, categorized as follows: African-American, Hispanic, Asian, white, or any other race.

4.The borough in which the incarcerated individual was arrested.

5.Educational background as self-reported by incarcerated individuals after admission to the custody of the department, categorized as follows based on the highest level of education achieved: no high school diploma or general education diploma, a general education diploma, a high school diploma, some college but no degree, an associate's degree, a bachelor's degree, or a post-collegiate degree.

6.The number of incarcerated individuals identified by the department as a member of a security risk group, as defined by the department. (L.L. 2015/088, 10/7/2015, eff. 1/1/2016; Am. 2021 N.Y. Laws Ch. 322, 8/2/2021, eff. 8/2/2021)

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