Data.gov Program Management Office
created Feb 18, 2011
updated May 11, 2011
The Census of Jail Inmates (CJI) supplies data on characteristics of jails such as admissions and releases, growth in the number of jail facilities, changes in their rated capacities and level of occupancy, crowding issues, growth in the population supervised in the community, and changes in methods of community supervision. It also provides information on changes in the demographics of the jail population, supervision status of persons held, and a count of non-United States citizens in custody. The CJI enumerates 2,960 locally administered confinement facilities that held inmates beyond arraignment and were staffed by municipal or county employees. In addition, the census documents 12 Federal facilities that function as jails, bringing the number of jails in operation on June 30, 2005, to a nationwide total of 2,972. The data are intended for a variety of users, including federal and state agencies, local officials in conjunction with jail administrators, researchers, planners, and the public. The 2005 Census of Jail Inmates is part of a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally-administered jails. To reduce respondent burden and improve data quality and timeliness, the National Jail Census was split into two parts for 2005 and 2006: the Census of Jail Inmates (2005), and the Census of Jail Facilities (2006).
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- Category
- Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
- Permissions
- Public
- Tags
- demographic characteristics, inmates, correctional system, census data, inmate populations, corrections management, inmate programs, correctional facilities, jails, jail inmates
- Data Provided By
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Source Link
- (none)
- Agency
- Department of Justice
- Sub-Agency
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Date Released
- 07/27/2007
- Date Updated
- 06/29/2010
- Time Period
- 7/01/2004-6/30/2005
- Frequency
- every 5 to 7 years
- High Value Dataset
- Y
- Suggested by Public
- N
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Statistical
- Unique ID
- 2411
- Extended Type
- Raw Data
- Citation
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. CENSUS OF JAIL INMATES: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 2005. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR20367-v1. 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2007-07-27. doi:10.3886/ICPSR20367
- Agency Program Page
- http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=404
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/rawdata.cfm#cji
- Unit of Analysis
- jurisdiction
- Granularity
- county or city
- Geographic Coverage
- United States
- Collection Mode
- person/computer, person/paper
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Data Dictionary
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/SERIES/00068.xml
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Statistical Methodology
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
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Data.gov Program Management Office
created Feb 18, 2011
updated May 11, 2011
The Census of Jail Inmates (CJI) supplies data on characteristics of jails such as admissions and releases, growth in the number of jail facilities, changes in their rated capacities and level of occupancy, crowding issues, growth in the population supervised in the community, and changes in methods of community supervision. It also provides information on changes in the demographics of the jail population, supervision status of persons held, and a count of non-United States citizens in custody. The CJI enumerates 2,960 locally administered confinement facilities that held inmates beyond arraignment and were staffed by municipal or county employees. In addition, the census documents 12 Federal facilities that function as jails, bringing the number of jails in operation on June 30, 2005, to a nationwide total of 2,972. The data are intended for a variety of users, including federal and state agencies, local officials in conjunction with jail administrators, researchers, planners, and the public. The 2005 Census of Jail Inmates is part of a series of data collection efforts aimed at studying the nation's locally-administered jails. To reduce respondent burden and improve data quality and timeliness, the National Jail Census was split into two parts for 2005 and 2006: the Census of Jail Inmates (2005), and the Census of Jail Facilities (2006).
- Community Rating
-
0.0
- Your Rating
-
- Raters
- 0
- Visits
- 756
- Downloads
- 582
- Comments
- 0
- Contributors
- 0
- Category
- Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
- Permissions
- Public
- Tags
- demographic characteristics, inmates, correctional system, census data, inmate populations, corrections management, inmate programs, correctional facilities, jails, jail inmates
- Data Provided By
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Source Link
- (none)
- Agency
- Department of Justice
- Sub-Agency
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Date Released
- 07/27/2007
- Date Updated
- 06/29/2010
- Time Period
- 7/01/2004-6/30/2005
- Frequency
- every 5 to 7 years
- High Value Dataset
- Y
- Suggested by Public
- N
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Statistical
- Unique ID
- 2411
- Extended Type
- Raw Data
- Citation
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. CENSUS OF JAIL INMATES: JURISDICTION-LEVEL DATA, 2005. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR20367-v1. 2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2007-07-27. doi:10.3886/ICPSR20367
- Agency Program Page
- http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=404
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/rawdata.cfm#cji
- Unit of Analysis
- jurisdiction
- Granularity
- county or city
- Geographic Coverage
- United States
- Collection Mode
- person/computer, person/paper
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Data Dictionary
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/SERIES/00068.xml
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Statistical Methodology
- http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/20367/documentation
