British Columbia Adult Custody Inmate Counts by Legal Hold Status, 2008-2024
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Description
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
License is OGL-CA-2.0; users should review its terms.