Jail Classification System Development Document: Survey of Jail Classification. APractical Approach

摘要

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) and Correctional ServicesGroup, Inc. (CSG), conducted a national survey of jails to determine current classification practices. This survey was conducted in the spring of 1987 as part of a comprehensive project initiated by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to develop, implement and evaluate an objective classification system in selected jails. The survey was designed to provide information regarding classification factors that were common to a substantial number of jail systems. In addition to determining what information jails were currently using to classify inmates, the survey attempted to address the policies, procedures and management of the classification systems, including their relationship to facility design.