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Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF)

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has administered the Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF) regularly since 1974. The CCF is an important component of the BJS portfolio of data collections that inform the nation on the characteristics of state and federal adult correctional facilities and persons being held in these facilities. Specifically, the CCF has been administered to gather critical information on facilities, leading to understanding the characteristics of correctional facilities and the conditions in which inmates are being held.

Data collection for the 2024 CCF has begun. Respondents at state Departments of Corrections, the BOP, private companies with contracts to operate prisons, and individual facilities (when necessary) are being asked to compile and submit facility level data. RTI International is BJS's data collection agent for the 2024 CCF.

If you are a respondent submitting data for one or more facilities, enter your previously provided login credentials to log in to the CCF website. Data can be submitted using the web-based survey after log-in. If you have technical difficulties or have any further questions, please contact the CCF helpdesk at (877) 254-1806 or bjs-prisoncensus@rti.org.

Click here to view reference forms showing the types and formats of questions in the 2024 CCF.

Facility Eligibility

The census includes all correctional facilities administered by state departments of corrections (DOC) or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) or operated by private companies contracted to primarily house inmates for state correctional authorities or the BOP. These facilities are intended for adults but sometimes hold juveniles. For this data collection, each individual correctional facility or unit holding inmates under your jurisdiction is included, even if that facility shares budget or staff with other facilities.

Facilities should be INCLUDED in this collection if…

  • They are facilities administered by state departments of corrections (DOCs) or operated by private companies contracted to primarily house inmates for state correctional authorities or the BOP. 
  • They are state-operated detention facilities in combined prison and jail systems in Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Examples include prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; youthful offender facilities (except in California); forestry and conservation camps; boot camps; road camps; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; prison hospitals; drug and alcohol treatment facilities for prisoners; halfway houses; residential community correction centers; pre-release centers; vocational training facilities; or state-authorized parolee return-to-custody facilities.

Facilities should be EXCLUDED from this collection if…

  • They are privately operated facilities that do not primarily house inmates for state correctional authorities or the BOP.
  • They are administered by a local or regional law enforcement agency.
  • They hold only persons under the jurisdiction of juvenile correctional authorities.