National jail census, 1983
By: principal investigator, United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Series: ICPSR -- 8203; ICPSR (Series) -- 8203
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Jails; Statistics; Prisoners
Description: The National Jail Census was conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The Census was taken of all locally administered county and municipal jails with the authority to hold prisoners for more than 48 hours. Data are presented for 3,338 jails in 45 states. Excluded are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Information includes jail population by legal status, age and sex of prisoners, maximum sentence, admissions and releases, available services, structure and capacity, expenditure, and employment.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network

ICPSR data class: Class II.

Data collected: 1983.

United States.

452 variables for each of the 3,338 cases.