NCJ Number
19037
Date Published
Unknown
Length
112 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON THE STATUS AND CONDITION OF 266 COUNTY AND CITY DETENTION FACILITIES IN OKLAHOMA, CONDUCTED BY THE OKLAHOMA CRIME COMMISSION.
Abstract
QUESTIONNAIRES WERE PERSONALLY ADMINISTERED TO RANKING REPRESENTATIVES OF EVERY ACTIVE JAIL AND LOCKUP IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE FIELD INTERVIEWERS WERE DIRECTED TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION REPORTED WHEREVER FEASIBLE. THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT WAS DIVIDED INTO FIVE SECTIONS, DETERMINED BY THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION: FACILITIES, PROCEDURES, MANPOWER-STAFF, POPULATION, AND OPINIONS OF JAIL ADMINISTRATORS. STATIC PHYSICAL INFORMATION SUCH AS CAPACITY, NUMBER OF BEDS, SPECIAL AREAS, MEDICAL FACILITIES, AND UTILITIES WAS FOUND TO BE GENERALLY AVAILABLE. SERIOUS DATA GAPS, HOWEVER, WERE FOUND IN THE AREAS OF POPULATIONS, INMATE CHARACTERISTICS, EXPENDITURES, AND OTHER CATEGORIES REQUIRING RECORDSKEEPING. AMONG THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARE JAIL AGES AND LOCATIONS, JAIL CAPACITIES, SECURITY, HEALTH AND SAFETY FACILITIES, INMATE CHARACTERISTICS, JAIL RECORDS AND ADMISSION PROCEDURES, INMATE CLASSIFICATION AND SEPARATION, JAIL RULES AND DISCIPLINE AND INMATE PROGRAMS. ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)