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QUESTION: what NYC neighborhoods do most of NY State's prisoners come from?

Submitted by Anonymooose on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 5:43pm
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In 2001, 75% of NYS prisoners came from 7 neighborhoods in NYC (including the Lower East Side). How would I find more up-to-date information as to what neighborhoods are most impacted by incarceration? Or, if this information is not yet available, how would I find out what the current rate of incarceration is for the Lower EAst Side neighborhood?

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Answer posted by: jbeek

There appears to be a source of data for this - as per this article in the Fordham Law Journal: "Reciprocal Effects of Crime and Incarceration in New York City Neighborhoods" by Jeffrey Fagan, Valerie West, Jan Holland; Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 30, 2003
#1Submitted by PDL on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:05am.

Answer: what NYC neighborhoods do most of NY State's prisoners c

The NYS Department of Corrections has several statistical Reports on their website. One that may answer your question is STATISTICAL REPORTS ON INMATE POPULATION that gives a report on the total inmate population. Included is information on : age, gender, race/ethnicity, county of commitment, birthplace, martial status, religious affiliation, crime, sentence length, prior criminal record, and other variables.
The statistics are not divided by NYC neighborhoods, however an assessment of the statistics given may give you the answer. "Court Commitments" are broken up by borough.

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