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  • Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-level and Jail-level Data, 1985

    Metadata Updated: February 13, 2023

    The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) sponsors the Sample Survey of Jails as part of a series of statistical programs measuring the correctional population. The Sample Survey meets BJS's need to analyze continuously the "spillover" effect on local jails of the growth in federal and state prison populations. The data are used in conjunction with statistics on federal and state prisoners to provide a complete picture of the adult correctional system and to measure changes in that system.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 13, 2023

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 13, 2023
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier 58
    Data First Published 1987-10-12T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2005-11-04T00:00:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Id 3290e90a-116f-42fc-86ac-e65521ef3b68
    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 011:061
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 906556833f782cad2f88cbdc2f593d90e5ada6d7
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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