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Survey of American Prisons and Jails, 1979
This data collection contains information gathered in a
two-part survey that was designed to assess institutional conditions
in state and federal prisons and in halfway houses. It was one of a
series of data-gathering efforts undertaken during the 1970s to assist
policymakers in assessing and overcoming deficiencies in the nation's
correctional institutions. This particular survey was conducted in
response to a mandate set forth in the Crime Control Act of 1976. Data
were gathered via self-enumerated questionnaires that were mailed to
the administrators of all 558 federal and state prisons and all 405
community-based prerelease facilities in existence in the United
States in 1979. Part 1 contains the results of the survey of state and
federal adult correctional systems, and Part 2 contains the results of
the survey of community-based prerelease facilities. The two files
contain similar variables designed to tap certain key aspects of
confinement: (1) inmate (or resident) counts by sex and by security
class, (2) age of facility and rated capacity, (3) spatial density,
occupancy, and hours confined for each inmate's (or resident's)
confinement quarters, (4) composition of inmate (or resident)
population according to race, age, and offense type, (5) inmate (or
resident) labor and earnings, (6) race, age, and sex characteristics
of prison (or half-way house) staff, and (7) court orders by type of
order and pending litigation. Other data (contained in both files)
include case ID number, state ID number, name of facility, and
operator of facility (e.g., federal, state, local, or private).
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"011:21"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
false
|
| description | This data collection contains information gathered in a two-part survey that was designed to assess institutional conditions in state and federal prisons and in halfway houses. It was one of a series of data-gathering efforts undertaken during the 1970s to assist policymakers in assessing and overcoming deficiencies in the nation's correctional institutions. This particular survey was conducted in response to a mandate set forth in the Crime Control Act of 1976. Data were gathered via self-enumerated questionnaires that were mailed to the administrators of all 558 federal and state prisons and all 405 community-based prerelease facilities in existence in the United States in 1979. Part 1 contains the results of the survey of state and federal adult correctional systems, and Part 2 contains the results of the survey of community-based prerelease facilities. The two files contain similar variables designed to tap certain key aspects of confinement: (1) inmate (or resident) counts by sex and by security class, (2) age of facility and rated capacity, (3) spatial density, occupancy, and hours confined for each inmate's (or resident's) confinement quarters, (4) composition of inmate (or resident) population according to race, age, and offense type, (5) inmate (or resident) labor and earnings, (6) race, age, and sex characteristics of prison (or half-way house) staff, and (7) court orders by type of order and pending litigation. Other data (contained in both files) include case ID number, state ID number, name of facility, and operator of facility (e.g., federal, state, local, or private). |
| distribution |
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{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Survey of American Prisons and Jails, 1979",
"accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07899.v2"
}
]
|
| identifier |
"3383"
|
| issued | 1984-03-18T00:00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"correctional facilities",
"correctional guards",
"court orders",
"crime statistics",
"federal correctional facilities",
"halfway houses",
"inmate classification",
"inmate programs",
"inmates",
"jails",
"lawsuits",
"offenses",
"prerelease programs",
"prison administration",
"prison c"
]
|
| language |
[
"eng"
]
|
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 1992-02-16T00:00:00 |
| programCode |
[
"011:060"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Institute of Justice",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"id": 22,
"name": "Office of Justice Programs",
"acronym": "OJP",
"parentOrganization": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Department of Justice",
"acronym": "DOJ"
},
"parentOrganizationID": 10
}
}
|
| title | Survey of American Prisons and Jails, 1979 |
