As published in op-ed form here, while crime and incarceration have been falling across New York, the costs of our county jails are rapidly accelerating, fed by unjustified increases in county sheriffs’ carceral budgets. Additional sources are provided by hyperlinks in the story as republished in justtalk.blog here. Here are some further supporting documentation and data, particularly for Broome County:

For Broome County:

Falling crime rates for Broome County, from DCJS, New York State Index Crime, Broome County

data table:

Broome County Jail Population, 2013-2023 (Jan): Falling

Jan 2022 to Jan 2023:

And rising yearly cost to incarcerate one person in the jail 

[ Broome County Jail Population and per person costs are calculated from The Broome County Budget as reported by the county here https://www.gobroomecounty.com/countyexec/budgets , divided by annual average jail population as reported by NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services here https://www.gobroomecounty.com/countyexec/budgets.  The figure for 2023 is the average daily population for January alone, the latest available at the time of the submission.]

On falling crime rates outside NYC:

Non-NYC Jail population declining by 42% from DCJS, https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/jail_pop_y.pdf :

Ulster County Comptroller’s Snapshot of the problem:

Note: The standard source for crime statistics is the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and their main statistics page at: https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/stats.htm . Index crime rates and counts are at: https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/tableau_index_crime.htm. Jail populations, both annual and monthly, are at: https://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/stats.htm#jail_pop