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High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs 2010,  NIJ, August 2010, NCJ 230391. (37 pages).
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Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09,  BJS, August 2010, NCJ 231169. (91 pages).
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Responding to Elder Abuse: What Community Corrections Should Know, (DVD)  OVC, August 2010, NCJ 223414.
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Tracking Inmates and Locating Staff with Active Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): Early Lessons Learned in One U.S. Correctional Facility,  NIJ-Sponsored, 2010, NCJ 230781. (62 pages).
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Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-07,  BJS, July 2010, NCJ 222988. (19 pages).
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Jail Inmates at Midyear, 2009 – Statistical Tables,  BJS, June 2010, NCJ 230122.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Corrections
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=1

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
http://www.bop.gov/

National Institute of Corrections (NIC)
http://www.nicic.gov/

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
http://www.justnet.org/Pages/home.aspx