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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 15, 2021 at 01:51 PM

To fulfill part of its mission, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducted the Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI), a national, wide-ranging survey of prisoners age 18 or older who were...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this survey was to obtain information on the characteristics of persons confined to prison and the circumstances and conditions of their confinement. The survey focuses on...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 12, 2019 at 08:49 AM

This survey provides nationally representative data on inmates held in state prisons and federally-owned and operated prisons. Through personal interviews conducted from October 2003 through...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 11, 1993 at 12:00 AM

This survey provides nationally representative data on persons held in state prisons and is similar to surveys conducted in 1974 (ICPSR 7811), 1979 (ICPSR 7856), and 1986 (ICPSR 8711). The...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This survey provides nationally representative data on persons held in federal prisons. The survey was designed to supply information on individual characteristics of prison inmates, such...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Conducted by the Bureau of the Census, this survey provides nationally representative data on state prison inmates and sentenced federal inmates held in federally owned and operated...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 16, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The survey and census were part of a series of data collection efforts undertaken to assist policymakers in assessing and remedying deficiencies in the nation's correctional institutions....

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

This data collection provides information about topics and issues of concern in research and policy within the field of corrections. Chief among these are the characteristics of persons ...

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