| Jailing Rate in Small Counties Outstrips Larger Ones
By Capital News Service
and Maryland Newsline staffs
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
| Jurisdiction |
Pop.* |
Number
of Prisoners* |
Inmates/1,000
Pop* |
Circuit
Court Criminal Cases |
Allegany |
74,930 |
74
|
0.99
|
669
|
| Anne Arundel |
489,656 |
266
|
0.54
|
4,740
|
| Baltimore City |
651,154 |
8,591
|
13.19
|
25,710
|
| Baltimore Co. |
754,292 |
959
|
1.27
|
6,875
|
| Calvert |
74,562 |
53
|
0.71
|
580
|
| Caroline |
29,772 |
72
|
2.42
|
223
|
| Carroll |
150,897 |
73
|
0.48
|
1,714
|
| Cecil |
85,951 |
50
|
0.58
|
1,502
|
| Charles |
120,546 |
166
|
1.38
|
1,517
|
| Dorchester |
30,674 |
69
|
2.25
|
652
|
| Frederick |
195,277 |
99
|
0.51
|
1,782
|
| Garrett |
29,846 |
11
|
0.37
|
145
|
| Harford |
218,590 |
218
|
1.00
|
2,145
|
| Howard |
247,842 |
69
|
0.28
|
2,421
|
| Kent |
19,197 |
21
|
1.09
|
211
|
| Montgomery |
873,341 |
185
|
0.21
|
4,848
|
| Prince George's |
801,515 |
519
|
0.65
|
10,353
|
| Queen Anne's |
40,563 |
38
|
0.94
|
174
|
| St. Mary's |
86,211 |
46
|
0.53
|
553
|
| Somerset |
24,747 |
53
|
2.14
|
432
|
| Talbot |
33,812 |
58
|
1.72
|
396
|
| Washington |
131,923 |
283
|
2.15
|
2,337
|
| Wicomico |
84,644 |
208
|
2.46
|
2,423
|
| Worcester |
46,543 |
71
|
1.53
|
1,278
|
* Figures are
for calendar year 2000
SOURCES: Maryland Department of Planning, Maryland Department of
Public Safety and Correctional Services, and Annual Report of the Maryland
JudiciaryCopyright © 2001 University of Maryland College of
Journalism
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