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  • National Jail Census Series

    Metadata Updated: February 13, 2023

    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- or state-administered facilities, including the combined jail-prison systems in Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Data include jail population by reason being held, age (juvenile or adult) and sex, maximum sentence that can be served in the facility, available services, type of security available, facility capacity, age, construction and renovation of the facility, employment, and operating expenditures.Years Produced: Every 5 years

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date February 13, 2023

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    Harvested from DOJ JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date February 13, 2023
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 1984-03-18T00:00:00
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2022-03-30T14:09:02
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    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 aa0a59e7ba35a78f0b59260657e36132ac7deb7e
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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