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Census of Jail Facilities, 2006

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Justice
Sub-Agency	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Category	Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
Date Released	22-Jan-2010
Date Updated
Time Period	31-Mar-2006
Frequency	Every 5 years
Description	To reduce respondent burden and improve data quality and timeliness, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) split the jail census into two parts: The Census of Jail Inmates was conducted with a reference date of June 30, 2005. The following spring it was followed by this enumeration, the Census of Jail Facilities, which collected data as of March 31, 2006. Previous jail enumerations were conducted in 1970 (ICPSR 7641), 1972 (ICPSR 7638), 1978 (ICPSR 7737), 1983 (ICPSR 8203), 1988 (ICPSR 9256), 1993 (ICPSR 6648), and 1999 (ICPSR 3318). The United States Census Bureau collected the data for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The 2006 Census of Jail Facilities gathered data from all jail detention facilities holding inmates beyond arraignment, a period normally exceeding 72 hours. Jail facilities were operated by cities and counties, by private entities under contract to correctional authorities, and by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Excluded from the census were physically separate temporary holding facilities such as drunk tanks and police lockups that do not hold persons after being formally charged in court. Also excluded were state-operated facilities in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Alaska, which have combined jail-prison systems. Fifteen independently operated jails in Alaska were included in the Census. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	census data, correctional facilities, correctional system, corrections management, demographic characteristics, inmate populations, inmate programs, inmates, jail inmates, jails
Unique ID	1525

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602
Agency Program Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=254
Agency Data Series Page	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/rawdata.cfm#cjf

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Jail
Granularity	County
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	mail questionnaire
Data Collection Instrument	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Additional Metadata	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Sampling	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Estimation	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Weighting	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Disclosure avoidance	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Questionnaire design	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Series breaks	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Non-response adjustment	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Seasonal adjustment	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip
Statistical Characteristics	http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/data/cjf/2006/cb26602-0001.zip

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