Serosorting has been associated with a small decrease in HIV transmission (odds ratio = .88) [ 33], but in a jail population, the protective effect of such measures is limited because inmates often assess whether a potential partner is HIV-positive based on unreliable information (e.g., receiving special diet meals) [ 18].
Mr. Sullivan said a letter from the commission dated Feb. 3 warned that in the absence of county action, the commission would rescind variances allowing an excess jail population of at least 350 inmates.
Assuming that the average length of stay for a detainee is 14 days, 750 jail beds x 26 time periods per year equals an annual jail population of 19,500.
A third of L.A. County's jail population of 16,704 is classified with mental health issues.
Tim P. Ryan, chief of the Santa Clara County Department of Correction, said that only a few hearing-impaired inmates were held among the county's jail population of 4,800 at any one time.
The Cook County state's attorney, Anita Alvarez, supports Ms. Preckwinkle's goal of reducing the jail population of nonviolent offenders, according to Sally Daly, Ms. Alvarez's spokeswoman.
The plan, which the mayor largely supports, calls for cutting the current daily jail population of 10,000 in half and moving the remaining inmates to new jails across the city.
The rising jail population of youngsters -- 15 or younger when they were arrested -- has led to concern about costs, effectiveness and the question of whether the city has adequately considered alternatives to incarceration.
Aboriginal people did not always represent 70percentt of the jail populations of our provinces.
Czech prisons have since released 6,326 inmates, or more than one quarter of the country's jail population as of January 1st.
A review of the jail population in Harris County suggests many people have become victims of judges who set financial conditions for release even though they could safely release defendants without requiring them to pay.
