Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities, 1979

This census, designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, includes all state correctional facilities known to the Census Bureau in 1979. Each facility is classified into one of ten categories such as community center, prison farm, road camp, or reception center. Data for 1979 include number of inmates by security classification and by sex, number of full- and part-time staff, number of paid and volunteer staff broken down by position, age, pay, and education, number and age of facilities, type of facilities provided in each cell by size of cell, hospital facilities available, programs provided for the inmates, job training, and inmate IQ scores.

本普查数据由司法统计局设计，并由美国人口普查局实施，涵盖了1979年时美国人口普查局所知的所有州级矫正设施。每个设施被归类于十个类别之一，例如社区中心、监狱农场、公路营地或接待中心。1979年的数据包括按安全分类和性别划分的囚犯人数、全职和兼职员工人数、按职位、年龄、薪酬和教育程度划分的付费和志愿者员工人数、设施数量和年龄、每个单元格中按单元格大小提供的设施类型、可用的医院设施、为囚犯提供的项目、职业培训和囚犯智商分数。