National Corrections Reporting Program: 1986 Prisoner Data from 36 States

1986 data on convicted persons' entry and exit from correctional custody. The dataset was gathered from official state prison records in 36 states, the Federal Prison System, the California Youth Authority, and the District of Columbia. It was created by the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic patterns in incarceration based on race, sex, and age of inmates.
• Study sentencing and time served based on length of time in jail and prison.
• Examine trends in types of offenses committed leading to imprisonment.

Strengths

• Data sourced from official state prison records across 36 states and federal systems.
• Includes key demographic and offense variables such as race, sex, age, and offense type.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

United States Department Of Justice. Office Of Justice Programs. Bureau Of Justice Statistics

Collection Method

Gathered from official state prison records.

Time Range

1986

Freshness

1986 data; recency is low.

Geography

36 U.S. states, Federal Prison System, California Youth Authority, District of Columbia.