New York City Board of Correction COVID-19 Update€¦ · , 2020, the proportion of individuals held in DOC custody pre-trial has grown from 75% (n=4,151) to 88% (n=3,421) of the

New York City Board of Correction COVID-19 Update

Version: 5/11/20201

Overview & Contents

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Population Decline4. Total Population in DOC Custody, March 16 - May 8, 20205. Total DOC Population by Custody Status, March 16, 2020 & May 8, 20206. Total Population of 50+-Year-Olds in Custody, March 16 - May 8, 2020

CHS COVID-19 Reporting8. Number of Currently Incarcerated Patients with Confirmed COVID-19, March 17 - May 8, 20209. Number of Patients Currently Under Observation by CHS, 3/17/2020 - 05/08/202010. Currently Incarcerated Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 as a Percentage of Overall DOC Population, March 17 - May 8, 202011. Percentage of People in Custody Currently Under Observation by CHS, March 17 - May 8, 202012. Currently Incarcerated Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 as a Percentage of Overall DOC Population & Patient Deaths , March 17 -

May 8, 2020COVID-19 Cases Among Staff

14. Positive COVID-19 Cases Among Staff, March 16 - May 8, 2020COVID-19 Housing Designations

16. Number of People In Likely Exposed but Asymptomatic Housing, March 16 - May 8, 202017. Percentage of People in Custody in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation, March 16 - May 8, 202018. Housing Areas by COVID-19 Housing Designation, March 16 - May 8, 2020

Key Demographics by COVID-19 Housing 20. Percentage of 50+-Year-Olds in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation, March 16 - May 8, 202021. Percentage of Young Adults in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation 22. Percentage of People with an M-Designation in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation 23. Total DOC Population & Population in Housing with a COVID-19 Housing Designation by Race/Ethnicity, May 8, 202024. Total DOC Population & Population in Housing with a COVID-19 Housing Designation by Gender Identity, May 8, 2020

Population Decline

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March 16th – May 8th, 2020

• From March 16th to May 8th, 2020, the total DOC census has declined by 1,652, or 30%.• The DOC census reached a low point of 3,832 on April 29th, and has increased to 3,905 as of May 8th.

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SOURCE: DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00 am

• From March 16th to May 8th, 2020, the proportion of individuals held in DOC custody pre-trial has grown from 75% (n=4,151) to 88% (n=3,421) of the total DOC population.

• Over the same period of time, the percentage of the total DOC population that is City Sentenced decreased, from 10% (n=554) to 3% (n=111), and the percentage of people held on a technical parole violation decreased from 13% (n=716) to 6% (n=224).

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Total DOC Population by Custody Status, 3/16/2020

Total Pretrial(includes subset of detainees with open cases and a violation of parole)Total City Sentenced(includes subset of city sentenced with violation of parole warrant)Total Held on Technical Parole Violation(with no open case)Other(includes newly state sentenced, state ready inmates, and state prisoners with a court order)

SOURCE: BOC analysis of DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00 am 5

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SOURCE: DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00 am

From March 16th to May 8th, 2020, the number of 50+-year-olds in DOC custody has declined by 438, or 48%.

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CHS COVID-19 Reporting

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From March 17th to May 8th, 2020, the number of people (patients) currently in custody with confirmed COVID-19 increased, peaking on April 27th at 381.*

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SOURCE: Daily CHS Updates to BOC

∗ CHS has not reported the cumulative total number of individuals who were confirmed for COVID-19 while in DOC custody; the numbers above reflect the number of confirmed COVID-19 patients who were currently incarcerated as of each date.

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SOURCE: Daily CHS Updates to BOC∗ Patients under observation by CHS include confirmed COVID-19 patients or symptomatic patients in DOC facilities. This number excludes hospitalized patients.

• The percentage of people in custody who have tested positive for COVID-19 has increased steadily since CHS reported the first case of the virus on March 18th.* Since April 17th, this percentage has ranged between 9% and 10%.

• As of May 8th, 9% (n=370) of the DOC population had confirmed COVID-19.

10SOURCES: BOC analysis of daily CHS updates to BOC & DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00 am

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Currently Incarcerated Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 as a Percentage of Overall DOC PopulationMarch 17- May 8, 2020


• The percentage of people in custody (patients) under observation by CHS was highest (6%) between March 31st and April 5th.*

• Since April 5th, the percentage of patients under observation by CHS has decreased, reaching 2% (n= 76) on May 8th.


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Percentage of People in Custody Currently Under Observation by CHSMarch 17 - May 8, 2020

∗ People under observation by CHS are confirmed COVID-19 patients or symptomatic patients in DOC facilities. This value excludes hospitalized patients.

Since COVID-19 began to spread in NYC jails, three (3) people who contracted the virus have passed away at the Bellevue Hospital prison ward.


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The first patient with confirmed COVID-19 passes away at the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward on April 5th

The second patient with confirmed COVID-19 passes away at the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward on April 11th

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Currently Incarcerated Patients with Confirmed COVID-19* as a Percentage of Overall DOC Population & Patient Deaths March 17 - May 8, 2020


COVID-19 Cases Among Staff

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CHS begins reporting positive COVID-19 cases among staff and patients to the Board on March 18th

DOC begins reporting positive COVID-19 cases among staff on March 21st

All DOC personnel are given access to COVID-19 testing at Northwell Health Urgent Care Sites on April 9th

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Between March 16th and May 8th, a cumulative total of 1,420 staff tested positive for COVID-19: 1,239 DOC staff and 181 CHS staff.*

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∗ CHS and DOC report the cumulative total of staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19. CHS does not report the cumulative total of incarcerated people who have tested positive for COVID-19; therefore, it would be inappropriate to compare staff totals to the number of currently incarcerated patients with COVID-19 in slide 8.

SOURCES: CHS and DOC Daily Updates to BOC

COVID-19 Housing

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The number of people housed in units for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals (quarantine areas) peaked on April 17th, with 2,715 people in these units. From April 17th to May 8th, the number of people housed in units for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals declined by 46%.

16SOURCES: BOC analysis of daily DOC updates to BOC & DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00am. BOC analysis isbased on the COVID-19 housing unit designations reported by DOC on the previous day.

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∗ DOC uses three COVID-19-related housing designations: (1) one for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals, (2) one for exposed and symptomatic individuals, and (3) one for confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Between April 3rd and April 17th, most people in custody were housed in an area with a COVID-19 designation,* peaking on April 17th when 71% (n=2,866) of people in custody were housed in COVID-19 designated areas: 67% (n=2,715) in an area designated for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals; and 4% (n=151) in an area for confirmed COVID-19 or symptomatic patients.

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Percentage of People in Custody in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation*March 16 - May 8, 2020

SOURCES: BOC analysis of daily DOC updates to BOC & DOC Inmates in Custody File, automated daily pull from the DOC Inmate Information System (IIS) at 11:00am. BOC analysis isbased on the COVID-19 housing unit designations reported by DOC on the previous day.

Between April 3rd and April 17th, most active housing areas had a COVID-19 designation,* peaking on April 17th when 65% (n=151) of all housing areas had a COVID-19 designation: 57% (n=132) were designated for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals, and 8% (n=19) were for confirmed COVID-19 or symptomatic patients.

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• The percentage of 50+-year-olds in housing with a COVID-19 designation peaked the week of April 12th, reaching 81% on April 15th and April 17th.

• The percentage of 50+-year-olds in housing with a COVID-19 designation has since decreased, reaching 41% (n=200) on May 8th.

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Percentage of 50+-Year-Olds in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation*March 16 - May 8, 2020



• For all but one day between April 6th and April 17th, over half of all young adults in custody were in housing areas with a COVID-19 designation.*

• Since April 17th, the percentage of young adults housed in areas with a COVID-19 designation generally followed a downward trend, but has started to increase slightly.

• On May 8th, 25% (n=92) of young adults were in housing areas with a COVID-19 designation.

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Percentage of Young Adults in Housing Areas with a COVID-19 Housing Designation*March 16 - May 8, 2020



As of May 8th, 40% (n=794) of people in custody with an M-designation (Brad H/receiving mental health services) were housed in COVID-19 housing, down from a peak of 71% (n=1,441) on April 17th.*

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Total DOC Population & Population in Housing with a COVID-19 Housing Designation* by Race/EthnicityMay 8th, 2020

Asian Asian Hispanic Black Black Hispanic Hispanic Native Native Hispanic Other Unknown White White Hispanic Declined to Self-Report

• On Friday, May 8th, the distribution of individuals by race and ethnicity in COVID-19 housing areas was consistent with that of the DOC population overall. People of color comprised 89.4% (n=1,367) of the population in COVID-19 housing and 89.7% (n=3,503) of the total DOC population.

• This distribution is consistent across both confirmed/symptomatic housing units and likely exposed but asymptomatic housing units.

23SOURCE: BOC Analysis of Daily DOC updates to BOC. BOC analysis is based on the COVID-19 housing unit designations reported by DOC on the previous day.

∗ DOC uses three COVID-19-related housing designations: (1) one for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals, (2) one for exposed and symptomatic individuals, and (3) one for confirmed COVID-19 patients. Categories with values less than or equal to 10 observations have been suppressed to maintain data confidentiality

On Friday, May 8th, most women in custody (75%, n=114) were housed in an area with a COVID-19 housing designation. Women made up nearly 4% (n=143) of the total DOC population and nearly 8% (n=114) of the population of people in COVID-19 housing.*

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SOURCE: BOC Analysis of Daily DOC updates to BOC. BOC analysis is based on the COVID-19 housing unit designations reported by DOC on the previous day.

∗ DOC uses three COVID-19-related housing designations: (1) one for likely exposed but asymptomatic individuals, (2) one for exposed and symptomatic individuals, and (3) one for confirmed COVID-19 patients. Categories with values less than or equal to 10 observations have been suppressed to maintain data confidentiality

Men , 94.7%

Men , 91.8%

Women, 3.9%

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Gender Unknown, 1.1%

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Trans Women, 0.1%

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Trans Men, 0.3%

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Total DOC PopulationN=3905

Population in COVID-19 Housing *N=1529

Total DOC Population & Population in Housing with a COVID-19 Housing Designation by Gender*May 8, 2020

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