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Surveys of American Prisons and Jails, 1979

NCJ Number
96093
Date Published
1983
Length
446 pages
Annotation
This report presents the variable description lists and codebooks for the 1979 surveys of Federal and State adult correctional facilities, as well as community-based prerelease facilities. An introduction describes the study and its procedures.
Abstract
The 291 variables covered the numbers of inmates, the rated capacity of the facility, the operational capacity, the types and characteristics of confinement units, the security designations, inmate demographic characteristics, inmates being paid, average daily population, and the nature and characteristics of employees. The reporting period was July 1976 through March 1978.