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Jails in Indian Country, 1998 and 1999
Presents findings from the 1998 and 1999
Surveys of Jails in Indian Country, a complete enumeration of all 69 confinement facilities
operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS), in collaboration with the BIA, and the Corrections Program Office and the
American Indian and Alaska Native Desk within the Office of Justice Programs, conducted the
survey on June 30, as part of BJS' Annual Survey of Jails. The survey includes the number of
inmates, staffing, and facility characteristics and needs. The report presents data for each
facility, including who runs it, facility age, facility function, rated capacity, authority to house
juveniles, number of juveniles held, number of admissions and discharges in last 30 days,
inmate deaths, the largest number of inmates held in last 30 days, number of inmates held by
gender and conviction status on June 30, number of facility staff by sex and function, facility
crowding, renovation and building plans, types of programs available to inmates, and overview
of facility and staffing needs. Highlights include the following:
- 48 facilities operated by tribal authorities, 20 operated by the BIA, and 1 privately operated
facility were supervising offenders in Indian country. The 69 facilities had the capacity to hold
2,118 offenders.
- Indian country facilities held 1,621 inmates in custody, and supervised 72 offenders in the
community on June 30, 1999. The number of offenders under supervision increased by 8%
from the previous year.
- In a 1-month period, June 1-30, 1999, facilities in Indian country admitted 8,147 offenders,
and discharged 7,744 offenders.
7/00 NCJ 173410
This report is one in a series. More recent editions may be available.
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