Skip to main content skip navigation
  • Account
    • Login
    • Manage
  • Subscribe
    • JUSTINFO
    • Register
  • Shopping Cart
  • Contact Us
    • Email
    • Feedback
    • Chat
    • Phone or Mail
  • Site Help
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Justice Programs header with links to bureaus/offices: BJA, BJS, NIJ, OJJDP, OVC, SMART Office of Justice Programs BJA BJS NIJ OJJDP OVC SMART Office of Justice Programs
Advanced Search  Search Help
    Browse By Topics  down arrow
  • A–Z Topics
  • Corrections
  • Courts
  • Crime
  • Crime Prevention
  • Drugs
  • Justice System
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Victims
CrimeSolutions
Add your conference to our Justice Events calendar
  • ABOUT NCJRS
  • OJP PUBLICATIONS
  • LIBRARY
  • SEARCH Q & A
  • GRANTS & FUNDING
  • JUSTICE EVENTS
Home / Publications / NCJRS Abstract

PUBLICATIONS

Register for Latest Research

Stay Informed
Register with NCJRS to receive NCJRS's biweekly e-newsletter JUSTINFO and additional periodic emails from NCJRS and the NCJRS federal sponsors that highlight the latest research published or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs.

NCJRS Abstract

The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Virtual Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the Virtual Library. See the Obtain Documents page for direction on how to access resources online, via mail, through interlibrary loans, or in a local library.

1 record(s) found

 

NCJ Number: 185555 Find in a Library
Title: NIJ Survey of Jail Administrators
Document: PDF|Text
Author(s): Tom McEwen
Date Published: May 1995
Annotation: As part of the 1994 National Assessment Program conducted by the National Institute of Justice, questionnaires were sent to 3,300 criminal justice professionals in 13 types of agencies in 411 counties nationwide to assess workload problems and initiatives of jail administrators.
Abstract: The survey included 211 counties with populations greater than 250,000 were surveyed and a random sample of 200 counties with populations between 50,000 and 250,000. Responses were received between October 1993 and February 1994 from 2,585 persons, for a response rate of 69 percent. Survey findings showed 35 percent of jail administrators reported crowded conditions with jails operating at more than 110 percent of capacity. In contrast, in the previous 1990 survey, 52 percent said jails were crowded. This reduction in jail crowding was due to the more than doubling of budgets for jail construction between 1987 and 1992. Jail administrators said primary factors contributing to crowding were the large number of arrests for drug offenses and violent crime, longer jail sentences, and probation violations. Another contributing factor was the number of convicted felons serving their entire sentence in jail instead of in prison where they would normally have been confined. As a result of crowded conditions, some jail administrators were concerned they would have to prematurely release inmates into the community. Jail administrators also commented that effective classification required identifying gang members but doing so was sometimes difficult. As alternative sanctions, about 70 percent of jail administrators had an electronic monitoring program but said the program needed improvement. Day reporting was used by 40 percent of jail administrators. Jail administrators recommended alternative sanctions and inmate classification as key topics for further research and evaluation.
Main Term(s): Corrections effectiveness
Index Term(s): Alternatives to institutionalization; Correctional facility surveys; Day reporting centers; Electronic monitoring of offenders; Inmate classification; Jail management; Jails; Prison Gangs/Security Threat Groups; Prison overcrowding; United States of America
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Rockville, MD 20849
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States of America

NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States of America
Page Count: 2
Series: NIJ Update
Format: Document
Type: Survey
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: For the complete report of the survey see NCJ-150856, National Assessment Program: 1994 Survey Results
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=185555

*A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents not available online, a link to the publisher's website is provided. Tell us how you use the NCJRS Library and Abstracts Database - send us your feedback.




Find in a Library

You have clicked Find in a Library. A title search of WorldCat, the world's largest library network, will start when you click "Continue." Here you will be able to learn if libraries in your community have the document you need. The results will open in a new browser and your NCJRS session will remain active for 30 minutes. Learn More.

You have selected:

This article appears in

In WorldCat, verify that the library you select has the specific journal volume and issue in which the article appears. Learn How.

Continue to WorldCat

You are about to access WorldCat, NCJRS takes no responsibility for and exercises no control over the WorldCat site.

 
Office of Justice Programs Facebook Page  Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics Twitter Page
  • National Institute of Justice Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office for Victims of Crime Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Facebook Page Twitter Page
  • Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking Facebook Page Twitter Page
Contact Us | Feedback | Site Map
Freedom of Information Act | Privacy Statement | Legal Policies and Disclaimers
USA.gov | CrimeSolutions
Department of Justice | Office of Justice Programs