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Federal forms, ICRs, and supporting documents

OMB control number

Census of Jail Inmates

OMB 1121-0100 · DOJ/OJP.

OMB 1121-0100

The 2024-2026 Census of Jails (COJ) will provide current information on inmate populations throughout the country. Data will be used for program planning and policy making for corrections. The COJ is BJS’s primary administrative data collection dedicated to the study of local jails, providing state-level and national statistics on the number of inmates confined in jails, characteristics of the jail population, counts of admissions and releases, and jail facility characteristics. Administered to about 2,900 local jails nationwide and 12 Federal Bureau Prisons (BOP) detention facilities that function as jails, the COJ generates a complete enumeration of all local jails, serving as the sampling frame for BJS’s jail surveys such as the National Inmate Survey (NIS, OMB Control Number 1121-0311) and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ, OMB Control Number 1121-0098).

The latest form for Census of Jail Inmates expires 2027-05-31 and is listed under ICR 202402-1121-003.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Latest forms, documents, and information collections
DocumentType
Form CJ-9 Census of Jails 2024-2026Form and Instruction
Form CJ-3 2019 Census of JailsForm and Instruction
attachments_2_19.pdf Supplementary Document
COJ 2024-26 OMB justification Part B.docxSupporting Statement B
COJ 2024-26 OMB justification Part A.docxSupporting Statement A
Census of Jails 2024-2026 Form and Instruction
2019 Census of Jails Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

Historical document collections
ReferenceFilingReceivedConcludedAction
202402-1121-003 Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection 2024-03-01 Approved without change
201905-1121-001 Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection 2019-05-14 Approved without change
200505-1121-002 Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection 2005-05-05 Approved with change
199904-1121-001 Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection 1999-04-02 Approved without change
199303-1121-003 Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection 1993-03-25 Approved without change
198906-1121-010 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 1989-06-28 Approved with change
198904-1121-011 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 1989-04-27 Approved with change
198807-1121-002 Revision of a currently approved collection 1988-07-08 Approved without change
198804-1121-001 Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection 1988-04-19 Approved without change
198304-1121-001 New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number) 1983-04-21 Approved without change

OMB Details

2019 Census of Jails

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Correctional Activities - Criminal Incarceration

Information collection instruments
FormNameElectronic accessType
Form CJ-3A AddendumFacility FormFillable FileableForm and instruction
Form CJ-3Single-Facility Jail FormFillable FileableForm and instruction
Form CJ-3AJurisdiction FormFillable FileableForm and instruction

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