Unusual Incident Report January-December 2001

• NCJ Number: 198815
• Author(s): James Lyons
• Date Published: May 2002
• Length: 48 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State Dept of Correctional Services
• Sale Source: New York State Dept of Correctional Services; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents data about unusual incidents that occurred in New York Department of Correctional Services facilities during calendar year 2001.

Abstract

According to the data presented here, there were a total of 5,444 unusual incidents that occurred in correctional facilities in New York during 2001. Maximum security prisons experienced the highest level of unusual incidents, with a rate of 141.1 incidents for every thousand inmates. Medium security level prisons had a rate of 44.4 incidents, minimum security had a rate of 29.7 incidents, and minimum security camps had a rate of 59.6 unusual incidents per thousand inmates. Weapons were used by inmates in 33.8 percent of the unusual incidents. There were a total of 179 inmate deaths during 2001, including 8 suicides and 3 homicides. Data is also presented for the locations of unusual incidents; inmate assaults on staff and on other inmates; injury to staff; and type of force used to resolve the unusual incidents. Statistics are offered in both narrative form and in tables.