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  • Annual Survey of Jails: Jurisdiction-Level Data, 1987

    Metadata Updated: February 13, 2023

    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 prison populations. These data permit an assessment of the demands placed on correctional resources and provide a complete picture of the adult correctional system and the changes that occur in that system. Information is available on the number of inmates by sex, race, adult or juvenile status, reason being held, and cause of death.

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

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    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOJ JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 13, 2023
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier 61
    Data First Published 1989-09-26T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2005-11-04T00:00:00
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Collection Package Id 23c09dd3-8db6-42ff-99a1-396161b2669e
    Harvest Object Id b44df206-e121-4a02-814f-972e3bf153f9
    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 302dfc29c3374e327ae5bd4d2655f372dab237b4
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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