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Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2019

Published by Bureau of Justice Statistics | Department of Justice | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:43 AM | Dataset Last Updated: October 20, 2021 at 02:18 PM
The purpose of the Survey of Jails in Indian Country is an enumeration of all known adult and juvenile facilities -- jails, confinement facilities, detention centers, and other correctional facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S. Department of the Interior. For the purpose of this collection, Indian country includes reservations, pueblos, rancherias, and other Native American and Alaska Native communities throughout the United States. The survey collects data on the number of adults and juveniles held on the last weekday in June 2019, type of offense, average daily population in June, most crowded day in June, admissions and releases in June, number of inmate deaths and suicide attempts from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, rated capacity on June 28, and jail staffing on June 28, 2019.

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