Bronx DA Robert Johnson’s record is now officially the worst in the city.
A report issued yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg’s office confirmed stories published in The Post showing that The Bronx is the least likely borough to send suspected criminals to jail.
John Feinblatt, the mayor’s criminal-justice coordinator, found that the performance of Johnson’s office lagged in virtually every category measured:
* The borough has the lowest incarceration rate, 21 percent, for violent-felony arrests in 2011. Manhattan had the highest, 30 percent.
* Citywide, 54 percent of felony defendants were retained in custody at arraignment. In The Bronx, the figure was 44 percent.
The Post had previously reported that Johnson’s conviction rate for violent felons was the lowest in the city, at 43 percent in 2011.
Johnson issued a statement saying he was reviewing the numbers .
“We believe that the proportion of felony convictions should be a percentage of indictments, not arrests,” Johnson said.
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