NCJ Number
12175
Date Published
1972
Length
112 pages
Annotation
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, MANPOWER, OPERATING COSTS, PLANNED CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES, AND INMATE POPULATION OF 118 ARKANSAS JAILS.
Abstract
THE DOCUMENT PROVIDES A SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF THE STATE, REPORTING COMPARISONS BETWEEN ARKANSAS PRISONERS AND NATIONAL AVERAGES, THE FIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AREAS, AND THE FIVE STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS (SMSA). IT ALSO CONTAINS A COMPARISON AMONG CITIES WITH POPULATION OF 25,000 OR MORE, AND THE 75 COUNTY JAILS IN ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS CITIES UNDER 25,000, DIVIDED INTO THE FIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AREAS OF THE STATE. SEVERAL CHAPTERS PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES COMPARING THE JAILS AND PRISONERS WITHIN EACH OF THE FIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AREAS OF THE STATE. APPENDIXES INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES OF THE NATIONAL JAIL SURVEY, BY COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)