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Complete enumerations of jail facilities, as well as data on private jails, staffing, and inmate programs, are collected in the Census of Jails, conducted periodically. Summary data from the 2006 Census of Jail Facilities are forthcoming; the most recent data available is from the Census of Jails, 1999. Basic capacity information is collected in the Annual Survey of Jails, and some jail facility characteristics are also gathered periodically within the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ). See Jail Data Collection and Surveys for more information.
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 2012 Summarizes data from various correctional collections to provide statistics on the number of offenders supervised by the adult correctional systems in the U.S. Adult correctional systems include offenders supervised in the community under the authority of probation or parole agencies and inmates held in state and federal prisons or local jails. | |
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 2012 TOTAL U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION DECLINED IN 2012 FOR FOURTH YEAR | |
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Jails in Indian Country, 2012 INDIAN COUNTRY JAIL INMATE POPULATION INCREASED ABOUT SIX PERCENT FOR SECOND INDIAN COUNTRY JAIL INMATE POPULATION INCREASED ABOUT SIX PERCENT FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR | |
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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2012 - Statistical Tables Presents the number of jails and jail inmates at midyear 2012. This report describes annual change in jail populations and patterns of change from 2000 through 2012. | |
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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2012 - Statistical Tables JAIL POPULATION INCREASES AFTER THREE YEARS OF DECLINE | |
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011 ONE IN 34 U.S. ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION IN 2011, LOWEST RATE SINCE 2000 | |
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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2011 - Statistical Tables WASHINGTON -- The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. From June 2010 to June 2011, the jail inmate population declined 1.8 percent, dropping to 735,601 from 748,728. | |
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Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 Presents findings from the ninth in a series of complete enumerations of local jails since 1970. The data include changes in the number of jurisdictions and facilities, functions, confined inmates, and inmate-to-staff ratios. | |
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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2010 - Statistical Tables Presents data on numbers of jails and analyzes patterns of growth and decline in jail populations. | |
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Jails in Indian Country, 2008 Presents findings from the 2008 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, an enumeration of 82 jails, confinement facilities, detention centers, and other facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | |
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Custody | To have custody of a prisoner, a state or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must physically hold that person in one of its facilities. A locality, state, or the BOP may hold inmates over whom a different government maintains jurisdiction. |
Jail inmates | Offenders confined in short-term facilities that are usually administered by a local law enforcement agency and that are intended for adults but sometimes hold juveniles before or after adjudication. Jail inmates usually have a sentence of less than 1 year or are being held pending a trial, awaiting sentencing, or awaiting transfer to other facilities after a conviction. |
Operational capacity | The number of inmates that can be accommodated based on a facility's staff, existing programs, and services. |
Rated capacity | The number of beds or inmates assigned by a rating official to institutions within the jurisdiction. |
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