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Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 1998 [United States]

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Justice
Sub-Agency	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Category	Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
Date Released	31-Oct-2001
Date Updated	na
Time Period	30-Jun-1998
Frequency	annual
Description	The survey of all 68 confinement facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), provides data on number of inmates and facility characteristics and needs. Variables describe each facility, including rated capacity, number of adult inmates, number of juveniles held, number of inmates held by sex and conviction status on June 30, number of admissions and discharges in the last 30 days, number of inmate deaths, the peak population during June, facility crowding, and renovation and building plans. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	correctional facilities, correctional system, corrections management, jail inmates, jails, Native Americans, population characteristics
Unique ID	1301

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. ANNUAL SURVEY OF JAILS IN INDIAN COUNTRY, 1998: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. Conducted by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02979
Agency Program Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=142
Agency Data Series Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/rawdata.cfm#asjic

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	facility
Granularity	municipality or county
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	person/paper
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/STUDY/02979.xml
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/STUDY/02979.xml

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/STUDY/02979.xml
Additional Metadata	http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/NACJD/STUDY/02979.xml

Statistical Information

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