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BJS: Jail Inmates at Midyear 2010 – Statistical Tables

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Jail Inmates at Midyear 2010 – Statistical Tables, Todd D. Minton, April 14, 2011 NCJ 233431

  • “Presents data on numbers of jails as well as analyzes patterns of growth and decline in jail populations. These statistical tables include data on rated capacity of jails, percent of capacity occupied, and capacity added. They provide estimates of admissions to jails and detail the volume of movement among the jail population. This web document also includes total numbers for jail inmates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Standard errors for jail estimates are included. Highlights include the following:
    • Between midyear 2009 and midyear 2010, the confined inmate population in county and city jails (748,728) declined by 2.4% (18,706 inmates).
    • On June 30, 2010, adults represented 99% of all jail inmates. Males accounted for 87.7%, and females accounted for 12.3%.
      The estimated rated capacity for all jail jurisdictions at midyear 2010 reached 866,974 beds, an increase of 2.0% (17,079 beds) from midyear 2009.”

    • GeoEVSE Forum: government-industry collaboration committed to establishing a repository of public electric vehicle supply equipment

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    DOE: The GeoEVSE Forum is a government-industry collaboration committed to establishing a repository of public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) location data for use by consumers and industry. A network of public charging stations, or EVSE, gives plug-in electric vehicle drivers alternatives to home charging and can extend driving range. Recognizing that these drivers need… Continue Reading

    Report on Major Outage Impacting Cloud Computing Services

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    NYT: “As technical problems interrupted computer services provided by Amazon for a second day on Friday, industry analysts said the troubles would prompt many companies to reconsider relying on remote computers beyond their control…Amazon set up a side business five years ago offering computing resources to businesses from its network of sophisticated data centers. Today,… Continue Reading

    Tracking Citizen Whereabouts Using SmartPhone Logs

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    Declan McCullagh,Chief political correspondent, CNET: How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs “Law enforcement agencies have known since at least last year that an iPhone or iPad surreptitiously records its owner’s approximate location, and have used that geolocation data to aid criminal investigations. Apple has never publicized the undocumented feature buried deep within the… Continue Reading