Endnotes

¹ Technical probation violations were excluded because NYS rearrest statistics do not include them.

²A statewide comparison group was formed of all inmates arrested from 1/1/96-6/30/97 who were sentenced to local jail on a misdemeanor or a class D or E felony, who served 1-15 months in jail, and who were released on or before 1/97. Because data on release dates and length of time incarcerated are not maintained by the Division of Criminal Justice Services, length of time incarcerated was calculated from date of arrest to estimated actual sentence served, based on the assumption that most individuals serve out approximately one-half their sentence, having been given credit for time served while detained and good behavior. It should be noted that Transition Program statistics cited herein represent both sentenced and detained individuals, while the statewide comparison group represents only those who had been sentenced.

³The Transition Program rearrest rate of 13% was applied to the comparison group (N=40,000), resulting in a projected 5,200 rearrests if the program were implemented statewide. The 45% rearrest rate for the comparison group produced 18,000 rearrests. The difference between 18,000 and 5,200 is 12,800.

⁴From The Corrections Yearbook 1997 (Criminal Justice Institute, South Salem, NY). The average cost/day/inmate was calculated as the mean of the NYC cost (i.e., $166) & the mean of the 5 other NYS jail systems reported in the Yearbook (i.e., $89.73).