• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2007-07-27T00:00:00

The Census of Jail Inmates is the eighth in a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally-administered jails. Beginning in 2005, the National Jail Census was...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 1992-02-16T00:00:00

This study is a follow-up to the National Jail Census, 1970. In addition to gathering more information concerning jails, the survey also collected demographic data, incarceration history,...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2006-03-30T00:00:00

By 1996 it became apparent that the Los Angeles county jails faced a serious overcrowding problem. Two possible solutions to the problem were to build more jail capacity or to divert a...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2005-11-04T00:00:00

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...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2022-03-30T14:09:02

To reduce respondent burden for the 2019 collection, the Census of Jails was combined with the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). The census provides the sampling frame for the nationwide...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2010-01-26T16:16:17

To reduce respondent burden and improve data quality and timeliness, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) split the jail census into two parts: The Census of Jail Inmates was conducted with a...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2022-06-29T14:50:00

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 1992-02-16T00:00:00

The purpose of this data collection was to explore the relationship between crime and mental disorder among jail inmates. Three sample groups were studied: jail inmates who had...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2018-04-25T12:15:10

To reduce respondent burden for the 2013 collection, the Census of Jails was combined with the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). The census provides the sampling frame for the nationwide...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2005-11-04T00:00:00

This collection provides nationally representative data on persons held prior to trial and on convicted offenders serving sentences in local jails or awaiting transfer to state prisons. Data ...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2013-10-30T09:27:43

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2011-08-02T14:36:32

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2011-05-11T11:32:42

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2022-06-29T14:50:00

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics The Annual Survey of Jails, formerly titled National Survey of Jails, is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2009-07-09T10:27:21

The 1999 Census of Jails is the seventh in a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally administered jails. Previous censuses were conducted in 1970, 1972, 1978,...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2019-10-10T10:16:18

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2012-04-25T09:32:46

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2015-10-12T16:26:01

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2012-08-22T09:09:32

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics Formerly Survey of Jail Inmates.This collection provides nationally representative data on persons held prior to trial and on those convicted...

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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Updated: 2015-01-15T10:06:03

The Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) is the only data collection effort that provides an annual source of data on local jails and jail inmates. Data on the size of the jail population and selected...

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