Survey of Inmates of State Correctional Facilities, 1979

Metadata Updated: February 13, 2023

The purpose of this survey was to obtain information on the characteristics of persons confined to prison and the circumstances and conditions of their confinement. The survey focuses on topics and issues that are of current and continuing concern to the correctional community and researchers. Information in the survey includes prison conditions such as staffing, space, and overcrowding, inmate rights and privileges, and rules and regulations concerning prison operation and inmate behavior. Additional data are provided on the presence of educational and vocational programs, drug and alcohol programs, medical treatment, and health care.

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

Collection

This dataset is part of the following collection:

Collection Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) Series (Formerly Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities (SISFCF))

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Conducted by the Bureau of...
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Dates

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

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Additional Metadata

Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Created Date	November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	February 13, 2023
Publisher	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maintainer	Ask BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (USDOJ)
Identifier	288
Data First Published	1984-03-18T00:00:00
Language	eng
Data Last Modified	2005-11-04T00:00:00
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
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