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Data Collection: Census of Jail Inmates
Status: ActiveFrequency: 2005
Latest data available: 2005
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 Census was split into two data collections: the Census of Jail Inmates and the Census of Jail Facilities. The Census of Jail Inmates (CJI) collects data on jail jurisdictions' supervised populations, inmate counts and movements, and persons supervised in the community.
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| Collection Period |  |
2005
| Methodology | |
The Census included all locally administered confinement facilities under the authority of 2,853 jurisdictions. It also included 42 private and 65 multi-jurisdiction jails. Excluded were temporary holding faciliites and state-operated facilities in CN, DE, HI, RI, and VT which operate combined jail-prison systems.Fourteen locally-operated jails in Alaska were included.
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The questionnaire is modified with each iteration to capture information on evolving issues in criminal justice and topics of greatest interest to users.
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