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

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    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 March 12, 2025

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    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
    Aicategory Not AI-ready
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
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    Internalcontactpoint {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:askbjs@usdoj.gov"}
    Jcamsystem {"acronym": "OJP_EXT", "id": 8, "name": "External system not available in CSAM"}
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:21:00 PM
    Program Code 011:061
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Sourceidentifier https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08687
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 22627acdc4af69ad1f5573034903d5b24281aa4e7720d814881bd2d97353201f
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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