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

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this survey is part of a series of data gathering efforts undertaken to assist policymakers in...

• FILE

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 13, 1996 at 12:00 AM

This data collection is part of a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally administered jails. The 1993 census included all locally administered confinement...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 26, 2010 at 04:16 PM

To reduce respondent burden and improve data quality and timeliness, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) split the jail census into two parts: The Census of Jail Inmates was conducted with a...

• V1

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

The National Jail Census was conducted in early 1978 by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The census was taken of all locally administered county and...

• V4

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 21, 2001 at 12:00 AM

This census is the fourth enumeration of state adult correctional institutions and the first of federal institutions sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the Bureau of...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 09, 2009 at 10:27 AM

The 1999 Census of Jails is the seventh in a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally administered jails. Previous censuses were conducted in 1970, 1972, 1978,...

• V3

• 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...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 16, 2022 at 02:25 PM

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics This series of studies contains a descriptive analysis of federal and state-operated adult confinement and correctional facilities...

• FILE

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2022 at 02:09 PM

To reduce respondent burden for the 2019 collection, the Census of Jails was combined with the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). The census provides the sampling frame for the nationwide...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 12, 2017 at 10:43 AM

This census is the seventh enumeration of state adult correctional institutions and the fourth of federal institutions sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the Bureau of...

• V3

• 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...

• V6

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 21, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study of prison rapes used an ethnographic, culturally relativistic methodology and was conducted between April 2004 and September 2005. The study was conducted in 30 correctional ...

• V1

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

This census, designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, includes all state correctional facilities known to the Census Bureau in 1979. ...

• V2

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

These data offer objective and subjective information about current death row inmates and the management policies and procedures related to their incarceration. The major objectives of the...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 04, 1992 at 12:00 AM

The certainty and promptness of punishment have long been hypothesized to be important variables in deterring crime. This data collection evaluates whether sentencing reforms to enhance...

• V1

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

This census provides information on county and municipal jails facilities in the United States and their administration. For all jails, the data include number of prisoners and their...

• V2

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

This study provides a descriptive analysis of confinement facilities and state-operated community-based correctional facilities nationwide. Decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers may...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 18, 1994 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this census was to provide information on jails throughout the United States. Information is supplied on the number of inmates held, types of accommodations, number of...

• V2

• 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...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 16, 2022 at 02:25 PM

The 2019 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF) was the ninth enumeration of state institutions and the sixth enumeration of federal institutions sponsored by the Bureau...

• V1