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Jail Statistics
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findings | BJS publications | Selected
statistics | Summary findingsJails are locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates sentenced to jail usually have a sentence of a year or less, but jails also incarcerate persons in a wide variety of other categories. Jail facilities
Jail population trends by age and gender, 1990 - 2003
Jail population trends by race and ethnicity, 1990 - 2003 Jail incarceration rate trends by race and ethnicity, 1990 - 2003 BJS PublicationsThis list is in order of the most recent publication first. Additional titles are listed on other topical pages and a comprehensive list is contained on the BJS publications page. To see a full abstract of a publication with links to electronic versions of the publication, click on the title below. Profile of Jail Inmates, 2002, 7/04. Describes the characteristics of jail inmates in 2002, including offenses, conviction status, criminal histories, sentences, time served, drug and alcohol use and treatment, and family background. Characteristics of jail inmates include gender, race, and Hispanic origin. NCJ 201932
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003, 5/04. Presents data on prison and jail inmates, collected from National Prisoner Statistics counts and the Annual Survey of Jails in 2003. NCJ 203947
Jails in Indian Country, 2002, 11/03. Presents findings from the 2002 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, an enumeration of all 70 confinement facilities, detention centers, jails, and other facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. NCJ 198997 Jails in Indian Country, 2001, 05/02. NCJ 193400 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2000, 8/03. Presents information on facilities, inmates, programs, and staff of State and Federal correctional facilities throughout the Nation. NCJ 198272
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002, 4/03. Presents data on prison and jail inmates, collected from National Prisoner Statistics counts and the Annual Survey of Jails in 2002. NCJ 198877
Education and Correctional Populations, 01/03. Compares educational attainment of State and Federal prison inmates, jail inmates, and probationers to that of the general population. NCJ 195670
Correctional Populations in the
United States, 1997, 11/00. Presents data on the growing
number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional
supervision for 1997 and reports on the Survey of State and Federal inmates,
1997. After 1997, data are only available in electronic formats. See Correctional Populations in the United States - Statistical tables 9/02.
Census of Jails 1999, 9/01. Presents facility characteristics and characteristics of persons under the jurisdiction of local and Federal jail authorities on June 30, 1999. NCJ 186633 HIV in Prisons and Jails, 1999, 7/01. Provides the number of HIV-positive and active AIDS cases among prisoners held in each State and the Federal prison system at yearend 1999. NCJ 187456.
Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases, 11/00. Examines issues of legal representation for defendants in Federal district court and large local jurisdictions, and inmates in local jails and Federal and State prison. NCJ 179023 Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, 8/00. Presents data from the 1997 Surveys of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities concerning inmates with children under the age of 18, whether or not inmates lived with their children prior to admission, and the children's current care givers. NCJ 182335 Jails in Indian Country, 1998 and 1999, 7/00. Presents findings from the 1998 and 1999 Survey of Jails in Indian Country, a complete enumeration of all 69 confinement facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). NCJ 173410. Drug Use, Testing, Treatment in Jails, 5/00. Describes the drug involvement of jail inmates and the level of drug use, testing, and treatment in jails. NCJ 179999. Veterans in Prison or Jail, 1/00. Presents data from the 1997 Surveys of Inmates in Adult State and Federal Correctional Facilities and the 1996 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails concerning inmates' prior military service. NCJ 178888 Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers, 7/99 Presents survey data on offenders who were in prison or jail or on probation and who reported prior treatment for a mental or emotional problem. NCJ 174463 DWI Offenders under Correctional Supervision, 6/99 Provides data on offenders in jail, in prison, or on probation for driving while intoxicated. NCJ 172212 American Indians and Crime, 2/99. Reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians and to summarize data on American Indians in the criminal justice system. NCJ 173386 Profile of Jail Inmates, 1996, 4/98. Presents data about local jail inmates: their demographic characteristics, offenses, conviction status, criminal histories, sentences, time served, drug and alcohol use and treatment, family background, physical and mental health care, and conditions of confinement. NCJ 164620 Prison and Jail Inmates, 1995, 8/96. Reports that at the end of 1995, there were almost 1.6 million men and women in the Nation's jails and prisons. NCJ 161132 Jails and Jail Inmates, 1993-94 , 4/95. Presents data for each State and the District of Columbia including the number of jail inmates, the incarceration rates, rated capacity, percent of capacity occupied on June 30, the number of jail employees, demographic characteristics of the staff, inmate-to-staff ratios, and changes since 1983 in these measures. NCJ 151654 Selected statisticsCorrectional
Populations in the United States - Statistical tables
1998 data are currently available, 9/02
Persons incarcerated
Also by BJS staffBeck, Allen J. "Jail Population Growth: National Trends and Predictors of Future Growth, " American Jails (American Jail Association Magazine), XVI, No. 2, (May/June 2002): 9-14. Beck, Allen J. "An Overview of National Jail Statistics at the Bureau of Justice Statistics" American Jails, 1997. Related sites From BJS Other relevant sites |
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