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HRDC data on public/private prison violence rates in TN DOC
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TDOC VIOLENT INCIDENTS REPORTED, JANUARY 2010 THROUGH MAY 2014 + + Violent incidents include inmate-on-inmate assaults, inmate-on-staff assaults and institutional disturbances. 2010 Total Public Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate Incidents Prisons Prisons Assaults Population 1 Population Population per 1000 per 1000 per 1000 January 2010 297 203 94 51 19800 5046 0.2548 15.0000 13.7590 18.6286 Feb 2010 266 189 77 55 19949 5062 0.2537 13.3340 12.6956 15.2114 March 2010 303 220 83 51 20020 5074 0.2534 15.1349 14.7197 16.3579 April 2010 282 202 80 43 20032 5073 0.2532 14.0775 13.5036 15.7698 May 2010 337 228 109 46 19907 5106 0.2565 16.9287 15.4044 21.3474 June 2010 339 239 100 51 19855 5085 0.2561 17.0738 16.1814 19.6657 July 2010 350 232 118 57 19920 5089 0.2555 17.5703 15.6429 23.1873 August 2010 345 235 110 73 19945 5089 0.2552 17.2976 15.8185 21.6152 Sept 2010 296 202 94 51 19893 5087 0.2557 14.8796 13.6431 18.4785 Oct 2010 347 242 105 63 19961 5090 0.2550 17.3839 16.2733 20.6287 Nov 2010 294 197 97 56 20016 5081 0.2538 14.6882 13.1905 19.0907 Dec 2010 269 195 74 63 19903 5079 0.2552 13.5156 13.1543 14.5698 TOTAL 3725 2584 1141 55.00 19933.42 5080 0.2549 15.5737 14.4989 18.7126 Average Average Average Average AVG# / MONTH 310.4167 215.3333 95.08333 Average Average Average 22.17262 19.57576 31.69444 AVG# / FACILITY * * Based on 11 state prisons and 3 private prisons, average incidents per facility per month Rate of violence in private prisons is 29% higher 2011 Total Public Incidents Prisons January 2011 267 178 Feb 2011 295 219 March 2011 294 221 April 2011 313 213 May 2011 371 277 June 2011 337 237 July 2011 354 257 August 2011 355 260 Sept 2011 305 204 Oct 2011 347 241 Nov 2011 356 267 Dec 2011 358 262 TOTAL 3952 2836 AVG# / MONTH 329.3333 236.3333 23.52381 21.48485 AVG# / FACILITY * Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate per 1000 per 1000 Prisons Assaults Population 1 Population Population per 1000 89 58 19838 5072 0.2557 13.4590 12.0547 17.5473 76 46 19894 5071 0.2549 14.8286 14.7743 14.9872 73 53 19915 5078 0.2550 14.7627 14.8952 14.3757 100 45 20135 5094 0.2530 15.5451 14.1613 19.6309 94 74 20132 5093 0.2530 18.4284 18.4188 18.4567 100 83 20176 5098 0.2527 16.7030 15.7183 19.6155 97 78 20143 5085 0.2524 17.5743 17.0673 19.0757 95 59 20186 5096 0.2525 17.5864 17.2300 18.6421 101 54 20174 5089 0.2523 15.1185 13.5234 19.8467 106 74 20079 5083 0.2532 17.2817 16.0710 20.8538 89 61 20014 5104 0.2550 17.7875 17.9074 17.4373 96 61 19853 5097 0.2567 18.0325 17.7555 18.8346 1116 62.16667 20044.92 5088 0.2539 16.4257 15.7981 18.2753 Average Average Average Average 93.00 Average Average Average 31.00 * Based on 11 state prisons and 3 private prisons, average incidents per facility per month Rate of violence in private prisons is 15.7% higher 2012 Total Public Incidents Prisons January 2012 377 265 Feb 2012 330 228 March 2012 387 296 April 2012 392 275 May 2012 373 266 June 2012 345 239 July 2012 342 242 August 2012 388 259 Sept 2012 347 240 Oct 2012 365 247 Nov 2012 306 206 Dec 2012 306 221 TOTAL 4258 2984 AVG# / MONTH 354.8333 248.6667 25.34524 22.60606 AVG# / FACILITY * Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate Prisons Assaults Population 1 Population Population per 1000 per 1000 per 1000 112 71 19642 5080 0.2586 19.1936 18.1980 22.0472 102 60 19740 5088 0.2578 16.7173 15.5610 20.0472 91 94 19831 5093 0.2568 19.5149 20.0841 17.8677 117 56 19784 5092 0.2574 19.8140 18.7177 22.9772 107 62 19847 5102 0.2571 18.7938 18.0400 20.9722 106 63 19895 5108 0.2567 17.3410 16.1628 20.7518 100 48 19829 5094 0.2569 17.2475 16.4235 19.6309 129 63 19826 5098 0.2571 19.5703 17.5856 25.3040 107 70 19851 5104 0.2571 17.4802 16.2745 20.9639 118 75 19749 5100 0.2582 18.4819 16.8612 23.1373 100 48 19738 5102 0.2585 15.5031 14.0749 19.6002 85 69 19209 5105 0.2658 15.9300 15.6693 16.6503 1274 64.91667 19745.08 5097 0.2582 17.9656 16.9711 20.8292 Average Average Average Average 106.17 Average Average Average 35.39 * Based on 11 state prisons and 3 private prisons, average incidents per facility per month Rate of violence in private prisons is 22.7% higher 2013 Total Public Incidents Prisons January 2013 344 237 Feb 2013 316 220 March 2013 293 202 April 2013 294 219 May 2013 327 224 June 2013 314 224 July 2013 330 226 August 2013 336 256 Sept 2013 286 210 Oct 2013 302 236 Nov 2013 279 196 Dec 2013 272 205 TOTAL 3693 2655 AVG# / MONTH 307.7500 221.2500 21.98214 20.11364 AVG# / FACILITY * Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate Prisons Assaults Population 1 Population Population per 1000 per 1000 per 1000 107 67 19727 5102 0.2586 17.4380 16.2051 20.9722 96 63 19829 5113 0.2579 15.9363 14.9497 18.7757 91 49 19841 5107 0.2574 14.7674 13.7098 17.8187 75 29 20177 5098 0.2527 14.5710 14.5235 14.7117 103 58 20186 5092 0.2523 16.1993 14.8403 20.2278 90 55 20291 5107 0.2517 15.4748 14.7524 17.6229 104 65 20344 5109 0.2511 16.2210 14.8343 20.3562 80 61 20397 5111 0.2506 16.4730 16.7474 15.6525 76 47 20415 5095 0.2496 14.0093 13.7076 14.9166 66 39 20449 5102 0.2495 14.7684 15.3776 12.9361 83 40 20537 5111 0.2489 13.5852 12.7058 16.2395 67 25 20654 5087 0.2463 13.1694 13.1689 13.1708 1038 49.83333 20237.25 5103 0.2522 15.2178 14.6269 16.9500 Average Average Average Average 86.5000 Average Average Average 28.83 * Based on 11 state prisons and 3 private prisons, average incidents per facility per month Rate of violence in private prisons is 15.8% higher 2014 Total Incidents 267 258 258 268 299 Public Prisons 200 191 176 203 214 January 2014 Feb 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 Sept 2014 Oct 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 TOTAL 1350 984 AVG# / MONTH 270.0000 196.8000 19.28571 17.89091 AVG# / FACILITY * Private All Staff Total Prison Private % Private Total rate Public rate Private rate Prisons Assaults Population 1 Population Population per 1000 per 1000 per 1000 67 26 20669 5086 0.2461 12.9179 12.8345 13.1734 67 37 20885 5094 0.2439 12.3534 12.0955 13.1527 82 30 21058 5091 0.2418 12.2519 11.0227 16.1069 65 43 21126 5098 0.2413 12.6858 12.6653 12.7501 85 35 21167 5099 0.2409 14.1258 13.3184 16.6699 366 73.2000 24.40 34.2 Average 20981.00 Average 5094 Average * Based on 11 state prisons and 3 private prisons, average incidents per facility per month Rate of violence in private prisons is 16.01% higher (in first five months of 2014) Produced by the Human Rights Defense Center (www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org), 2014 0.2428 Average 12.8669 Average 12.3873 Average 14.3706 Average
