Jails
Can body-worn cameras reduce injuries during response-to-resistance events in a jail setting? Results from a randomized controlled trial
Meeting People Where They Are to Improve Institutional Culture
Incarcerated individuals deserve opportunities for healing and growth, but they often lack the necessary resources for such opportunities. Additionally, organizational cultures that don’t support these outcomes often stand in the way. Researchers and practitioners gathered at NIJ’s 2023 National Research Conference to share ideas and projects that will increase opportunities for incarcerated populations around the country. This show continues their conversation.
Webinar Transcript: FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails
On March 27, 2023, NIJ hosted a webinar discussing this solicitation FY23 Research and Evaluation of Jails. Following is the transcript of that webinar.
Transcript
STACY LEE: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2023 Research and Evaluation on Jails Solicitation Webinar. At this time, it's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Marie...
The Overlooked Role of Jails in the Discussion of Legitimacy: Implications for Trust and Procedural Justice
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Jails
National Institute of Justice Literature Review and Data Analysis on Deaths in Custody, Report to Congress
Eighteen Jails and Their Public Health Partnership Initiatives
Many Locks + One Key = Improved Security
Alleviating Jail Crowding - A Systems Perspective
Learning from Doing Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Second Chance Act Grant Program
Reauthorized in 2018, the Second Chance Act (SCA) aims to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people returning from state and federal prisons, local jails, and juvenile facilities through the provision of federal grants. During this panel, National Institute of Justice-funded researchers will detail two ongoing evaluations of the SCA grant program:
- An evaluation of the effectiveness of the SCA grant program per Title V of the First Step Act.
- A longitudinal examination of the long-term impacts of the SCA program.
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From Successful Reentry to Stronger Communities
A New View of Jails: Exploring Complexity in Jails-Based Research
Controlling Violent Offenders Released to the Community: An Evaluation of the Boston Reentry Initiative/Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Integrated Treatment for Jail Recidivists With Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Using Data and Science to Understand the Impact of COVID–19 on Corrections
Evaluation of a Situational Crime Prevention Approach in Three Jails: The Jail Sexual Assault Prevention Project
NIJ Research Review, February 2002, Volume 3, Issue 1: Selected Summaries
Preventing Violence and Sexual Assault in Jail: A Situational Crime Prevention Approach
Census of Jails (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The 2019 Census of Jails (COJ) is part of a series of data collections that studies the nation's local jails and the 12 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) detention facilities that function as jails. The 2019 COJ collected data necessary for producing estimates on local jail populations, including one-day custody counts by sex, race and Hispanic origin, conviction status, and severity of offense (felony and...
Annual Survey of Jails (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Administered to a sample of approximately 950 local jails (city, county, regional, and private) nationwide, the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) provides national estimates on the number of incarcerated persons confined in jails, demographic characteristics and criminal justice status of the jail population, holds for federal and state prison authorities, counts of admissions and releases, number of jail employees, and rated capacity.
Survey of Jails in Indian Country (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Collects detailed information on confinement facilities, detention centers, jails, and other facilities operated by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Information is gathered on incarcerated person counts, movements, facility operations, and staff. In selected years (1998, 2004, 2007, and 2011), additional information was collected on facility programs and services, such as medical assessments and mental health screening procedures, incarcerated person work assignments, counseling...