Title: Census of state adult correctional facilities, 1979
Authors: United States.; United States.; Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.; Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor],
Subjects: Correctional institutions United States Statistics.; Corrections United States Statistics.
Abstract: The study was designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the United States Census Bureau. The census includes all state correctional facilities known to the Census Bureau in 1979. Each facility is classified into one of ten categories such as community center, prison farm, road camp, or reception center. Data for 1979 include number of inmates by security classification and by sex, number of full and part time staff, number of paid and volunteer staff broken down by position/age/pay/and education, number and age of facilities, type of facilities provided in each cell by size of cell, hospital facilities available, programs provided for the inmates, job training, and inmate IQ scores.