Jail Crowding

Abstract

In light of the constant interaction between local jails and state prisons, a discussion of jail crowding is essential to understanding prison crowding. This article examines the multitude of issues related to jail crowding. The specific causes of jail crowding and numerous solutions, many of which are directly relevant to prison crowding, are discussed.

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References

1. Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice: The Data, NCJ-87068 (Washington, DC: Department of Justice Statistics, 1983), p. 78.

2. Inmates of Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht, 565 F. Suppl. 1278 (W.D. Pa. 1983).

3. Kenneth E. Kerle and Francis R. Ford , The State of Our Nation's Jails (Washington, DC: National Sheriffs' Association, 1982).

4. Pretrial Reporter: Special Issue (Pretrial Services Resource Center) (Aug. 1983).

5. Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice, p. 78.

6. Ibid., p. 78.

7. Pretrial Reporter (Pretrial Services Resource Center), 6(6):10 (Dec. 1982).

8. Joan Mullen , American Prisons and Jails (Washington, DC: Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1980).

9. Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice, p. 78.

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10. Gates v. Collier, 349 F. Supp. 881 (N.D. Miss. 1972), aff'd, 501 F.2d 1291 (5th Cir. 1974).