Return to the PIE Home PageThe capacity of the Franklin County Correctional System dropped from 1,884 in 1997 to 1,852 in 1998 due to the remodeling of the downtown jail structure. Since 1985 the system's capacity has more than doubled (157.2% increase). 1990 was the first year that the average number of persons held was lower than the system's capacity.
In 1998, the Franklin County Correctional System held a daily average of 1,806 persons. The highest number of persons held by the system was 1,997, and the lowest was 1,653. From 1984 through 1998, the average number of persons held increased by 106.6%.
Average
Year Held High Low Capacity
1984 874 N/A N/A N/A
1985 965 1,113 843 720
1986 1,000 1,130 838 900
1987 1,101 1,283 946 1,067
1988 1,267 1,435 984 1,067
1989 1,305 1,405 1,096 1,284
1990 1,274 1,373 1,113 1,577
1991 1,435 1,635 1,255 1,884
1992 1,463 1,609 1,151 1,884
1993 1,475 1,611 1,233 1,884
1994 N/A N/A N/A 1,884
1995 1,615 1,716 1,457 1,884
1996 1,501 1,593 1,384 1,884
1997 1,610 1,735 1,519 1,884
1998 1,806 1,997 1,653 1,852
Note: Jail population data for 1994 are not available due to problems which occurred during the conversion of the department's data information system.
Source: The Alliance For Cooperative Justice 1984-1993 and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department 1995-1998
Filename: SI-020