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    • Survey of Jail Inmates, 1978

    Metadata Updated: November 28, 2023

    In February of 1978, locally operated jails were surveyed on a national scale. Of the more than 158,000 persons who were estimated to be held in these jails at that time, a sample of 5,247 inmates was drawn. Information was gathered regarding type of facility, availability of health care in the facility, personal and educational backgrounds, reasons for incarceration, sentencing, numbers of offenses, and inmate drug use.

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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 November 28, 2023

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 28, 2023
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier 292
    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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    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 e895ec6c9001af24c72e9db26a205fa55163ac8170f4b6a9fda9bb02b4f83072
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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