British Columbia Adult Custody Inmate Counts by Legal Hold Status, 2008-2024

Government of British Columbia provides counts of adult custody inmates by fiscal year, centre, ethnicity, legal hold status, most serious offence, and abuse or sex offender flags. The data covers fiscal years from 2008-09 to 2023-24. It is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in inmate population size based on fiscal year data
• Compare inmate demographics across custody centres based on ethnicity
• Study the distribution of legal hold statuses (e.g., Provincially Sentenced) over time
• Investigate correlations between most serious offence categories and other inmate flags

Strengths

• Data spans 16 fiscal years from 2008-09 to 2023-24
• Includes multiple breakdowns: centre, ethnicity, legal hold status, offence, and specific flags
• Published by a government source (Government of British Columbia) under an open license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the British Columbia correctional system

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Time Range

Fiscal years 2008-09 to 2023-24

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:25:22.419568; freshness should be verified

Geography

British Columbia, Canada