CJ-5A Annual Survey of Jails CJ-5A

CJ-5A
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OMB No. 1121-0094: Approval Expires x/xx/xxxx

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

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FORM CJ-5A
(2/23/2010)

2010 ANNUAL
SURVEY OF JAILS

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
AND ACTING AS COLLECTION AGENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
ADMINISTRATION
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

PRIVATE FACILITY

DATA SUPPLIED BY
Title

Name
OFFICIAL
ADDRESS

Number and street or P.O. box/Route number

City

TELEPHONE

Area code

Extension

Number

FAX
NUMBER

State

ZIP Code

Area Code

Number

E-MAIL
ADDRESS

(Please correct any error in name, mailing address, and ZIP Code)

GENERAL INFORMATION
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If you have any questions, call the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–800–253–2078, or e-mail [email protected].

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Please complete the questionnaire before July 31, 2010 using the web-reporting option (see the web flyer for details), by mailing the
completed form to the U.S. Census Bureau in the enclosed envelope, or by FAXing all pages to 1–888–891–2099.

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Please retain a copy of the completed form for your records.

What types of facilities are included in this survey?
Privately owned or operated confinement facilities including detention centers, jails, and other correctional facilities, intended for adults
but sometimes holding juveniles.
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INCLUDE temporary holding or lockup facilities if they are part of your combined function.

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EXCLUDE temporary holding or lockup facilities that are not part of your combined function from which inmates are usually
transferred within 72 hours and not held beyond arraignment. If your only function is a temporary holding or
lockup facility, DO NOT complete this form – contact Lisa McNelis at 1–800–253–2078.

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EXCLUDE private facilities reporting to form CJ-5DA, which collects data from facilities in jail jurisdictions that are selected with
certainty to participate in the Annual Survey of Jails.

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. The burden of this collection is estimated to average 1 1/4 hours per response, including reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering necessary data, and completing and reviewing his 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.

FORM CJ-5A (2/23/2010)

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

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If the answer to a question is "not available" or "unknown," write "DK" in the space provided.
If the answer to a question is "not applicable," write "NA" in the space provided.
I.2. Of all persons under your jail supervision reported

If the answer to a question is "none" or "zero," write "0" in theinspace
provided.
item I.1c,
how many were not U.S. citizens?

When exact numeric answers are not available, provide estimates and mark (X) in the
Non-US citizens _________
box beside each figure that is estimated. For example 1,234 :

Section I — SUPERVISED POPULATION
I.1. On June 30, 2010, how many persons under the
supervision of your jail jurisdiction were —

I.2. Of all persons under your jail supervision reported
in item I.1c, how many were not U.S. citizens?
Non-US citizens

a. CONFINED in your jail facility?
∗ INCLUDE persons on transfer to treatment
facilities but who remain under your
jurisdiction.
∗ INCLUDE persons held for other jurisdictions other
The participating jurisdictions.
∗ INCLUDE persons in community-based programs
(e.g., work release, day release, drug/alcohol
treatment) who return to jail at night.
∗ EXCLUDE inmates on AWOL, escape, or
Long-term transfer to other jurisdictions.
∗ EXCLUDE inmates being boarded out to another
county or held in another facility not operated by
your jail jurisdiction.

_________

I.3. On the weekend prior to June 30, 2010, did your
jail jurisdiction have a weekend program?
∗ Weekend programs allow offenders to serve their
sentences of confinement only on weekends (e.g.,
Friday–Sunday).

1

2

Yes – How many inmates
participated?

_________

No

_________
b. Under jail supervision but NOT CONFINED?
∗ INCLUDE all persons in community-based programs
run by your jails (e.g., electronic monitoring, house
arrest, community service, day reporting, and work
programs).
∗ EXCLUDE persons on pretrial release who are not in
a community based program run by your jails
∗ EXCLUDE persons under supervision of probation,
parole or other agencies.
∗ EXCLUDE inmates on weekend programs.
-Weekend programs allow offenders to serve
their sentences of confinement only on weekends
(e.g., Friday–Sunday).
∗ EXCLUDE inmates participating in work release
programs who return to the jail at night.

Section II — INMATE COUNTS AND
MOVEMENTS OF THE
CONFINED POPULATION
II.1. On June 30, 2010, how many persons CONFINED
in your jail facility were —

_________
c. Total (Sum of items
I.1a and I.1b).

_________

a. Adult males (age 18 or
older)

_________

b. Adult females (age 18 or
older)

_________

c. Males under age 18

_________

d. Females under age 18

_________

e. TOTAL (Sum of items II.1a to
II.1d should equal item I.1a)

_________

II.2. Of all persons under the age of 18 CONFINED in
your jail facility on June 30, 2010 (items II.1c
and II.1d), how many were tried, or awaiting trial,
in adult court?
Number of persons under
age 18 held as adults

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II.5. On June 30, 2010, how many persons CONFINED
in your jail facility were held for —

II.3. Of all persons CONFINED in your jail facility on
June 30, 2010, how many were —
a. Convicted
How many were1. Unsentenced inmates or
awaiting sentencing
2. Sentenced inmates
b. Unconvicted

∗ For persons with a multiple hold, count them only once
With priority being Federal, State, and local.

_________

a. Federal authorities

_________

1. U.S. Marshals Service

_________

2. Federal Bureau of Prisons

_________

3. U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement
(I.C.E.)

_________

4. Bureau of Indian Affairs

_________

_________
_________

How many were1. Awaiting trial/arraignment

_________

2. Awaiting transfer/hold for
other authorities

_________

3. Other

_________

5. Other- Specify
________
c. TOTAL (Sum of items II.3a and
II.3b should equal item I.1a)

_________

II.4. On June 30, 2010, how many persons CONFINED
in your jail facility were —
a. White, not of Hispanic
origin

_________

2. For other states

_________

c. Other local jail jurisdictions

_________
_________

c. Hispanic or Latino

_________

d. American Indian/Alaska
Native, not of Hispanic origin.

_________

e. Asian, not of Hispanic origin

_________

g. Two or more races,
not of Hispanic origin

b. State prison authorities
1. For your state

∗ EXCLUDE inmates being housed for your own
Jurisdiction (i.e., your own county/city inmates).

b. Black or African American,
not of Hispanic origin

f. Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islander, not of
Hispanic origin

_________

1. Within your state

_________

2. Outside your state

_________

d. TOTAL (Sum of items
II.5a to II.5c)

_________

II.6a. During the 30-DAY period from June 1 to
June 30, 2010, on what day did your facility
hold the greatest number of inmates?
∗ Peak population should be equal to
or greater than the confined inmate
population reported in item I.1a.

_________

June____ , 2010

_________

b. How many persons were CONFINED on
that day?
_________
Number that day

h. Additional categories in your
information system — Specify
________

_________

i.

Not known

_________

j.

TOTAL (Sum of items
II.4a to II.4i should equal
Item I.1a)

_________

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II.7. Between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, what
was the average daily population CONFINED
in your jail facility?
∗ INCLUDE inmates who participated in weekend
programs that allow offenders to serve their
sentences of confinement only on weekends
(e.g., Friday-Sunday).

Section III — POPULATION SUPERVISED
IN THE COMMUNITY
If item 1b equals 0 (zero), STOP HERE.
III.1. On June 30, 2010, how many persons under your
jail supervision who were NOT CONFINED,
participated in —
∗ EXCLUDE inmates on weekend programs.

∗ To calculate the average daily population, add the
number of persons for each day during the period
July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, and divide
the result by 365.

Average daily population

_________

(The maximum number of beds
or inmates assigned by a rating
official to a facility, excluding
separate temporary holding areas.)

_________

b. Operational capacity
(The number of inmates that can
be accommodated based on staff,
existing programs and services in
your jail facility. Also known as
“budget” capacity.)

b. Home detention without
electronic monitoring

_________

c. Community service

_________

d. Day reporting

_________

e. Other pretrial supervision

_________

f. Other alternative work
programs

_________

g. Alcohol/drug treatment
programs

_________

h. Other programs outside of
jail facility – Specify
________

_________

c. Design capacity

_________

_________

II.8. On June 30, 2010, what was the total
jail capacity of your jail facility?
a. Rated capacity

a. Electronic monitoring

i. TOTAL (sum of items
III.1a to III.1h should
equal item I.1b)

(The number of inmate’s
planners or architects
intended for your jail facility
in your jurisdiction.)

II.9. During the WEEK of June 24 to June 30, 2010,
how many persons were —
a. New admissions to your jail facility?

_________

_________

III.2. On June 30, 2010, how many persons under your
jails supervisions who were NOT CONFINED were —

∗ INCLUDE persons officially booked into and housed
In your facility by formal legal document and by the
authority of the courts or some other official agency.
∗ INCLUDE those persons serving a weekend sentence
coming to the facility for the first time.
∗ EXCLUDE returns from escape, work release, medical
appointments/treatment facilities, bail and court
appearances.

New admissions _________

a. Adult males (age 18 or older)

_________

b. Adult females (age 18 or older)

_________

c. Males under age 18

_________

d. Females under age 18

_________

e. TOTAL (sum of items
III.2a to III.2d should
equal item I.1b)

_________

b. Final discharges from your jail facility?
∗ INCLUDE all persons released after a period of
confinement (e.g., sentence completion, bail/bond
releases, other pretrial releases, transfers to other
jurisdictions, and deaths).
∗ INCLUDE those persons completing their weekend
sentence leaving the facility for the last time.
∗ EXCLUDE temporary discharges (e.g., work releases,
medical appointments/treatment, to courts, furloughs,
day reporters, and transfers to other facilities within
your jurisdiction).

III.3. Of all persons under your jails supervision
who were NOT CONFINED on June 30, 2010,
how many were —

Final discharges _________

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a. Convicted

_________

b. Unconvicted

_________

c. TOTAL (sum of items
III.3a and III.3b should
equal item I.1b)

_________