National Jail and Adult Detention Directory
National Jail and Adult Detention Directory, Tenth Edition (2005-2007)
Authored and published by the American Correctional Association, 2005
This is a 6" by 9" paperback running to a total of 503 pages including numerous advertisements and a section at the end about the American Correctional Association. There is no separate preferatory section; the brief introduction and user's guide are in the regular sequence of pages.
Jails are not known as the most "open" institutions in society, so it is not surprising that the information given about jails in this directory is on the sparse side.
Following a general section that talks about organizational characteristics of jails nationwide, the directory portion of the book, which comprises most of it, goes state by state and county by county, providing contact information for the nation's jails, including their addresses and the names of the persons in charge, and sometimes a little more. Prisons are not included, just jails and "adult detention centers," which are like jails in that they are at the county and city level, but different in that they are only for convicts, and not for people awaiting trial. U.S. territories, like Puerto Rico and Guam, are not included, and neither is that most-talked-about detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nor are other military detention centers. The book is limited to civilian jails and detention centers in the 50 states.
The additional information provided for some facilities includes capcity, dates of opening and renovation, the purpose of the facility (kind of inmate housed), jurisdiction, population, size of staff, and rehabilitation programs offered.
This is a decent and unique directory.
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