Form NPS 1A NPS 1A National Prisoner Statistics Prisoner Population Reports

NPS-1A

OMB No. 1121-0102: Approval Expires 01/31/2008

NPS-1A

Census Bureau
RETURN U.S.
Governments Division
TO
Washington, DC 20233-6800

FORM
(6-2-2006)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS
AND ACTING AS COLLECTION AGENT
PRISONER POPULATION REPORTS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION
MIDYEAR COUNTS
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
2006

DATA SUPPLIED BY
Title

NAME

Area Code

Number

TELEPHONE

Extension

FAX
NUMBER

Area Code

Number

E-MAIL
ADDRESS

GENERAL INFORMATION
Please complete the questionnaire before July 31, 2006 using the web-reporting option at http://harvester.census.gov/nps,
by mailing the completed questionnaire to the U.S. Census Bureau in the enclosed envelope or FAXing all pages toll-free
to 1–888–891–2099.
If you have questions about completing this form, please call Theresa Reitz toll-free at 1–800–352–7229 or e-mail
[email protected].

What types of inmates are included?
Inmates under your jurisdiction on June 30, 2006
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in your prison facilities (e.g., prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional
institutions; boot camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; release centers, halfway houses,
and road camps; forestry and conservation camps; vocational training facilities; prison hospitals; and drug and alcohol
treatment facilities for prisoners).
• INCLUDE inmates who are temporarily absent (less than 30 days), out to court, or on work release.
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in local jails, private facilities, and other States’ or Federal facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates in your facilities who are serving a sentence for your jurisdiction and another jurisdiction at the same time.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in your facilities for another jurisdiction.
Inmates under your custody on June 30, 2006
• INCLUDE all inmates held in your facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates housed in your facilities for other jurisdictions.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and facilities in other jurisdictions.

BURDEN STATEMENT
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currently valid OMB control number. The burden of this collection is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response,
including reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering necessary data, and completing and reviewing
this form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this survey, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW; Washington, DC 20531. Do not send
your completed form to this address.

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS
• If you are unable to report an item using NPS definitions and reporting criteria, describe the definitions or
criteria you used in the NOTES section.
• If your jurisdiction, by law or regulation, cannot have the type of inmate described by an item, write "NA" (Not
Applicable) in the space provided.
• If your jurisdiction had the type of inmate, but you are unable to determine the number separately by item,
report the combined count in one item; write "NR" (Not Reported) in the remaining items; and specify in
NOTES.
• If your jurisdiction can have the type of inmate described, but did not have any on June 30, 2006, enter "0"
(Zero) in the space provided.

Section I — MIDYEAR PRISON COUNTS
1. On June 30, 2006, how many inmates under your
custody —
• Exclude inmates held in local jails, private facilities and facilities
in other jurisdictions.
• Include inmates held in any public facility run by your state,
including halfway houses, camps, farms, training/treatment
centers, and hospitals.
a. Had a total maximum
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with consecutive
sentences that
add to more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Data reported for June 30, 2005
Male
Female

Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 1a to 1c)
Mark (X) this box if custody numbers for 2006 are not
comparable to 2005. Explain in NOTES.

2. On June 30, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction —
a. Had a total maximum
Male
Female
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with consecutive
sentences that
add to more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 2a to 2c)
Mark (X) this box if jurisdiction numbers for 2006 are not
comparable to 2005. Explain in NOTES.

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Section I — MIDYEAR PRISON COUNTS – Continued
3. On June 30, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in a privately-operated
correctional facility —
• 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
facilities.
Male

Female

Data reported for June 30, 2005
Male
Female

a. In your State

Update as needed

b. In another State
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 3c is "NO," explain in the NOTES section.)

4 . On June 30, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in local facilities operated
by a county or other local authority?
• Exclude inmates housed in privately-operated facilities
reported in items 3a and 3b.
• Include inmates housed in local facilities under contract or
other arrangement.
Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

a. TOTAL
b. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Update as needed

1
2

Yes
No

1
2

Yes
No

(If item 4b is "NO," explain in the NOTES section.)

5. On June 30, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed —
• Exclude inmates housed in privately-operated facilities
(reported in items 3a and 3b) and inmates housed in local
jails (reported in item 4a).
Male

Female

a. In Federal facilities

Male

Female

Update as needed

b. In other States’ facilities
(Include only those inmates
housed in State-operated
facilities in other States.)
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 5c is "NO," explain in the NOTES section.)
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Section II — CHARACTERISTICS OF PRISONERS IN CUSTODY AT MIDYEAR
1. What was the racial composition of prisoners in
your custody on June 30, 2006? (Section I, item 1d)
Male

Female

Data reported for June 30, 2005
Male
Female

a. White (not of Hispanic
origin)

Update as needed

b. Black (not of Hispanic
origin)
c. Hispanic or Latino (If your
system records indicate Hispanic
origin separately from race,
enter "NR" in item 1c and report
counts in NOTES.)
d. American Indian/Alaska
Native

e. Asian
f. Native Hawaiian or other
Pacific Islander

g. Two or more races
h. Additional categories in your
information system – Specify

i. Not known
j. Total (Sum of 1a through 1i should
equal Section I, item 1d)

Male

Female

Male

Female

2. How many inmates in your
custody were under age 18?

Update as needed
Male

3. How many inmates in your
custody were not citizens of
the United States?

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Female

Male

Female

Update as needed

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EXPLANATORY NOTES
Please review last year’s explanatory notes (below) and make any corrections, additions, or deletions
necessary for 2006.
Notes reviewed and updated as necessary for 2006 data. Mark X box.

Comments

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