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• 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...

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

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

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

NATIONAL JAIL CENSUS, 1988, is the fifth in a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally administered jails. For purposes of this data collection, a jail was ...

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

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The National Jail Census was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Excluded from the census were federal-...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 11, 2011 at 11:32 AM

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• 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,...

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• 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...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 10, 2011 at 02:29 PM

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: August 02, 2011 at 02:36 PM

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: October 30, 2013 at 09:27 AM

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• 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...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 25, 2012 at 09:32 AM

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: July 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM

The Census of Jail Inmates is the eighth in a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally-administered jails. Beginning in 2005, the National Jail Census was...

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

This study is a follow-up to the National Jail Census, 1970. In addition to gathering more information concerning jails, the survey also collected demographic data, incarceration history,...

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• 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...

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

By 1996 it became apparent that the Los Angeles county jails faced a serious overcrowding problem. Two possible solutions to the problem were to build more jail capacity or to divert a...

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• Organization: State of New York
• Dataset Last Updated: February 10, 2026

This file details average daily census figures based on daily counts submitted by each jail to the State Commission of Correction. New York City jail population figures have been reported to the...

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

This data collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation and examines the "spillover" effect on local jails resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state ...

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

This collection provides annual data on jail populations across the nation and examines the "spillover" effect on local jails resulting from the dramatic growth in federal and state prison...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 16, 2021 at 10:18 AM

Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI)(formerly, the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP)) is an annual data collection conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The MCI...

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