Shasta County

Measures, data20092010
Total adult population in prison (number) as of December 31 1,526 1,506
Imprisonments per 1,000 annual adult felony arrests 906.2 744.4
State imprisonment rate per 1,000 adult felony arrests (average) 417.7 407.1
County imprisonment rate as percent of state average (=100%), arrest based 217% 183%
County imprisonments if rate equaled state average, projected (number) 703 823
County actual imprisonments minus projected imprisonments at average state rate (number) 823 683
Costs added (saved) from excessive (lower) imprisonments (millions of dollars/year) $38.7 $31.3
County imprisonment rates in state prisons    
Men imprisoned per 1,000 male felony arrests 1,145.5 932.7
Women imprisoned per 1,000 female felony arrests 319.7 261.0
Total adult imprisonments per 100,000/population age 18-69 1,306.6 1,285.2
Men imprisoned per 100,000 males age 18-69 2,327.9 2,353.1
Women imprisoned per 100,000 females age 18-69 269.2 248.9
County imprisonment rates in state prisons by offense    
Imprisonments for violent offenses per 1,000 violent felony arrests 1,818.2 1,769.0
Imprisonments for property offenses per 1,000 property felony arrests 843.2 746.2
Imprisonments for drug offenses per 1,000 drug felony arrests 722.9 606.5
Imprisonments for violent offenses per 100,000 population 407.1 406.3
Imprisonments for property offenses per 100,000 population 185.4 194.1
Imprisonments for drug offenses per 100,000 population 169.6 168.7
Imprisonments for drug possession offenses per 100,000 population 72.9 72.8
Imprisonments for marijuana offenses per 100,000 population 5.1 10.7
Imprisonments for strike offenses per 100,000 population 217.7 224.0
Imprisonments for 3rd strikes per 100,000 population 42.4 43.4
Imprisonments for 2nd strikes per 100,000 population 175.3 180.6
Change in imprisonment rates per adult felony arrest compared to 2009 N/A -18%
County new felon admissions to state prisons    
New felon admissions to prison by race/ethnicity, all races 511 542
New felon admissions per 1,000 adult felony arrests 303.4 267.9
New felon admissions, statewide average 156.0 148.7
New felon admissions per 1,000 felonies as a percent of the state average (=100%) 195% 180%
New felon admissions per 100,000 population, all races 288.9 305.8
White, not Latino, new felon admissions per 100,000 whites N/A 304.7
Latino new felon admissions per 100,000 Latinos N/A 289.0
Black new felon admissions per 100,000 African Americans N/A 1,321.3
Asian/other new felon admissions per 100,000 Asian/other population N/A 235.5
County adult jail incarceration rates    
County adult jail incarcerations, average daily population, December 214 230
Percent of jail population that is unsentenced 73% 82%
County jail populations per 1,000 adult felony arrests 127.1 113.7
Jail incarceration rate, state average 186.6 176.5
County jail incarceration rate per 1,000 felony arrests as a percent of the state average (=100%) 68% 64%
Men jailed per 1,000 male felony arrests 155.5 138.7
Women jailed per 1,000 female felony arrests 57.4 49.4
County jail populations per 100,000 population age 18-69 183.2 196.3
Men jailed per 100,000 males age 18-69 316.1 350.0
Women jailed per 100,000 females age 18-69 48.3 47.1
County total adult incarcerations (state prisons + local jails) as of December    
Total adult population incarcerated 1,740 1,736
Total adult incarceration rate per 1,000 adult felony arrests 1,033.3 858.1
Total incarceration rate, state average 604.3 583.5
Total adult incarceration rate as a percent of the state average (=100%) 171% 147%
Total adult male incarceration rate per 1,000 adult male felony arrests 1,301.0 1,071.4
Total adult female incarceration rate per 1,000 adult female felony arrests 377.0 310.4
Total adult male incarceration rate per 100,000 males age 18-69 2,644.0 2,703.1
Total adult female incarceration rate per 100,000 females age 18-69 317.6 296.0
Percent of incarcerated adult population held locally 12% 13%
Raw numbers, county prisoners in state prisons    
Men imprisoned 1,370 1,358
Women imprisoned 156 148
Imprisonments for violent felonies 720 720
Imprisonments for property felonies 328 344
Imprisonments for drug felonies 300 299
Imprisonments for drug possession offenses 129 129
Imprisonments for marijuana offenses 9 19
Imprisonments for strike offenses 385 397
Imprisonments for 3rd strikes 75 77
Imprisonments for 2nd strikes 310 320
Raw numbers, county new felon admissions to state prisons, calendar year    
New felon admissions to prison, White, not Latino N/A 445
New felon admissions to prison, Latino N/A 43
New felon admissions to prison, Black N/A 19
New felon admissions to prison, Asian/all other N/A 35
Raw numbers, county jail incarcerations, ADP as of December N/A N/A
Jailed, unsentenced 156 189
Jailed, sentenced 58 41
Men jailed 186 202
Women jailed 28 28
Raw numbers, total county incarcerations (state prison + local jails) N/A N/A
Total incarcerated (state prison + local jails), adult males 1,556 1,560
Total incarcerated (state prison + local jails), adult females 184 176
County crime rates and adult arrest rates    
Part I crime rate per 100,000 population (offenses reported to police) 2,262.5 2,424.1
Violent crime rate per 100,000 population 723.7 822.1
Property crime rate per 100,000 population 1,538.9 1,601.9
Adult felony arrest rate per 100,000 population age 18-69 1,441.9 1,726.4
Violent crime arrest rate 339.1 347.3
Property crime arrest rate 333.1 393.4
Drug offense arrest rate 355.3 420.7
Male felony arrest rate 2,032.3 2,522.9
Female felony arrest rate 842.2 953.4
Raw numbers, county crimes reported to police, adult felony arrests, and populations    
Part I crimes reported to police (number) 4,002 4,296
Violent crimes reported 1,280 1,457
Property crimes reported 2,722 2,839
Adult felony arrests, total (number) 1,684 2,023
Violent felony arrests 396 407
Property felony arrests 389 461
Drug felony arrests 415 493
Male felony arrests 1,196 1,456
Female felony arrests 488 567
Total county population, all ages (number) 176,881 177,223
White, not Latino population N/A 146,044
Latino population N/A 14,878
Black population N/A 1,438
Asian/other population N/A 14,863
Total adult population, age 18-69 116,793 117,180
Male population, age 18-69 58,851 57,711
Female population, age 18-69 57,943 59,469
At Legislative Analyst-estimated cost per prisoner per year $47,102 $45,828