The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities, 1984

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: This study provides a descriptive analysis of confinement facilities and state-operated community-based correctional facilities nationwide. Decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers may use the census to analyze the current conditions and needs of state correctional facilities for adults. Variables of interest include physical security, age of facilities, functions of facilities, programs, inmate work assignments, staff employment, facilities under court order/consent decree for con... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08444.v1

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