Spreadsheet: 4a009d52-8636-4f72-8094-76606256d393
Sheet: Sheet2

Notes
General Notes:
For Deaths: Before 1999, causes of death were asked for inmates with over 1 year maximum sentence. Beginning in 1999, they were asked for all sentenced and unsentenced inmates.
[1] "American Indian or Alaskan Native" were combined as item 8b3. "Asian or Pacific Islander" were combined as item 8b4.
[2] Survey item: "Other (Specify below)."
[3] Survey item: "Not known."
[4] Before 1999, survey item was "Paroles." Beginning in 1999, survey item was "discretionary paroles."
[5] Before 1999, deaths were itemized in releases section but a total was not provided.
[6] In 1978, survey item as "Population on January 1". After 1979, survey item was "Jurisdiction population on January 1."
[7] Instruction added for item 7b: "If any entry in item 7a for 1984 is not '0', please answer item 7b."
[8] Wording changed in 1991 to: "Number of state inmates housed in facilities operated by a county or other local authority on December 31 solely to ease prison crowding". Before 1991, survey wording was: "Number of state inmates housed in local jails on December 31 solely to ease overcrowding."
[9] Item 7d refers to inmates housed in other states or federal facilities solely to ease prison crowding.
[10] Item 8b2 changed in 1997 from "Black" to "Black or African American".
[11] Item 9b1 changed in 1997 from "Hispanic" to "Hispanic or Latino", and item 9b2 changed from "Not Hispanic" to "Not Hispanic or Latino".
[12] Beginning In 1997, "Asian or Pacific Islander" was divided between "Asian" and "Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander."
[13] Changed from "Number of state inmates housed in facilities operated by a county or other local authority on December 31 solely to ease prison crowding" to "Of the inmates reported in item 4a, how many were housed in local facilities solely to ease prison crowding?"
[14] Inserted in parentheses: "Include Whites of Hispanic origin."
[15] Changed to "Black".  [NAME] in parentheses: "Include Blacks of Hispanic origin."
[16] Changed to: "Hispanic or Latino origin." Inserted in parentheses: "Include persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or other Spanish culture or origin."
[17] Changed to: "Not of Hispanic origin."
[18] Inserted in parentheses: "Include probation violators entering prison on the probated sentence."
[19] Inserted in parentheses: "Include violators returned without a new sentence, those held pending a hearing, and those not formally revoked."
[20] Inserted for "Other conditional release violators" in parentheses: "Include returns from mandatory release other than parole, and shock probation."
[21] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates received from other jurisdictions to continue sentences already in force."
[22] Inserted in parentheses: "Include all inmates reinstated after long-term absences more than 30 days."
[23] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates who served their maximum sentence minus credits."
[24] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates whose sentence was lowered to time served to allow for an immediate unconditional release."
[25] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates released on shock probation or placed on probation and conditionally released."
[26] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates who by law had to be conditionally released."
[27] Changed to "discretionary paroles" from "paroles".
[28] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates sent to other jurisdictions to continue sentences already in force."
[29] Inserted words "under your custody" into the survey item.
[30] Changed from "random sample" to "random samples of inmates while in custody."
[31] Inserted in parentheses: "Inmates who were HIV positive but had no HIV-related symptoms."
[32] Inserted in parentheses: "Inmates who had symptoms of HIV infection but without a confirmed AIDS diagnosis."
[33] Inserted in parentheses: "Exclude AIDS."
[34] Changed parentheses to "Exclude AIDS related deaths."
[35] Changed parentheses to: "include deaths due to Pneumocystis [NAME], Kaposi's [NAME], or other AIDS related diseases."
[36] Inserted in parentheses: "Include all inmates who accidentally caused their own death (e.g., falls, mishandling of equipment, and choking on food)."
[37] Inserted in parentheses: "Include inmates with consecutive sentences that add to more than 1 year."
[38] Inserted for item 1: "Exclude inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and facilities in other jurisdictions."
[39] Inserted for item 4: "Exclude inmatges housed in privately-operated facilities (reported in item 3)."
[40] Inserted for item 5: "Exclude inmates housed in privately-operated facilities (reported in item 3) and inmates housed in local jails (reported in item 4)." For item 5b, inserted: "Include only those inmates housed in State-operated facilities in other States."
[41] Changed parentheses to: "Not of Hispanic origin."
[42] Changed to: "Black or African American (not of Hispanic origin)."
[43] Changed to: "Hispanic or Latino."
[44] Changed to: "Other racial categories in your information system."
[45] Inserted for item 1: "Include inmates held in any public facility run by your state, including halfway houses, camps, farms, training/treatment centers, and hospitals."
[46] Inserted for item 3: "Exclude inmates housed in any publicly operated facility, even if under contract. Include inmates housed in any privately operated halfway houses, treatment facilities, hospitals, or other special facility."
[47] Inserted for item 4: "Include inmates housed in facilities under contract or other arrangement."
[48] Changed to: "Additional categories in your information system."