Carson City Sheriff's Office reports yearly jail conditions: No deaths, more arrests, two escapes
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 12:54pm
On Thursday, the Carson City Board of Supervisors heard the biannual report from the Carson City Sheriff's Office regarding jail conditions.
According to the presentation, the jail is returning to 2019 figures and statistics after numbers lowered across most categories due to COVID-19 and the shutdown, which led to less arrests overall.
According to the biannual Carson City Jail Conditions report, more people were booked into Carson City Jail in 2021 than in 2020, but less than in 2019.
According to the report, 3,297 individuals were booked into the jail in 2021, a 30 percent increase from 2020’s 2,527 arrests, but 9 percent less than 2019’s 3,604 individuals.
Of those arrests, 2,555 were made by Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies, and 742 were made by outside agencies, a decrease from 1,148 outside agency arrests in 2019.
The population monthly average was 167 individuals inside the jail, with a high of 176.
Of the average daily population, 126 individuals were male, and 41 were female.
Those who were detained spent an average of 110 days in jail, a 27 percent increase from 2019, and a 1 percent decrease from 2020.
Inmate Incidents
In 2021, there were six arrests of inmates already detained in the jail, a 600 percent increase from 2019 (0) and a 25 percent decrease from 2020 (8).
There was one assault on an officer, seven arguments, no batteries on an officer, nine damage to jail property incidents, 137 rule violation incidents, and 13 inmate versus inmate incidences.
There were five attempted suicides, a 53 percent decrease from 15 attempted suicides in 2020.
There were two escapes, a 200 percent increase from both prior years, during which there were no escapes.
There were no deaths of prisoners reported.
