NPS 1B National Prisoner Statistics Advance Year-end Counts 200

NPS-1B

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

NPS-1B

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

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FORM
(6-2-2006)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Prisoner Statistics
Advance Year-end Counts
2006

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Please complete the questionnaire before January 31, 2007 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 the 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 December 31, 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 December 31, 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
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, we cannot ask you to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5
hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to
the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC 20531; and to the Office of Management and Budget, OMB No.
1121-0102, Washington, DC 20503.

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 December 31, 2006, enter "0"
(Zero) in the space provided.

YEAR-END PRISON COUNTS
1. On December 31, 2006, how many inmates under your
custody —
• Exclude inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and
facilities in other jurisdictions.

Data reported for December 31, 2005

• 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

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 December 31, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction —
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

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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3. On December 31, 2006, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in a privately operated
correctional facility —

Data reported for December 31, 2005

• 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 facility.
Male

Female

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 December 31, 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

a. TOTAL

Report if available

(If "0" (zero), skip to item 5.)
b. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

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

5. On December 31, 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

Male

Female

a. In Federal facilities

Report if available

b. In other States’ facilities —
• Include only those inmates housed in State-operated
facilities in other States.
Male

Female

Male

Female

Report if available
(If "0"(zero) in items 5a and 5b, skip to item 6.)
Male
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?
1
Yes
No
2

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 5c is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)
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6. On December 31, 2006, what was the capacity of your
prison system?
Male
Female
a. Rated capacity (The number
of beds or inmates assigned by
rating officials to institutions
within your jurisdiction.)
b. Operational capacity (The
number of inmates that can be
accommodated based on staff,
existing programs, and services
in institutions within your
jurisdiction.)
c. Design capacity (The number
of inmates that planners or
architects intended for all
institutions within your
jurisdiction.)

NOTES
Please review last year’s explanatory notes and make any
corrections, additions, or deletions necessary for 2006.
Please mark (x) box to indicate that you have reviewed and
updated the notes.

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