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New Hampshire correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Belknap County Department Of Corrections 71 Local 76 County Drive Laconia 03246 3/31/2006
Calumet House 64 State 126 Lowell Street Manchester 03104 Hillsborough County 12/30/2005
Carroll County House Of Corrections & Jail 96 Local County Complex Bldg 2 Ossipee 03864 3/31/2006
Cheshire County House Of Corrections & Jail 90 Local 160 River Road Westmoreland 03467-4426 3/31/2006
Coos County Jail And Farm 27 Local P.O. Box 10 West Stewartstown 03597 3/31/2006
Grafton County Correction Facility 152 Local 3865 Dartmouth College Hwy. North Haverhill 03774-4909 3/31/2006
Hillsborough County House Of Correction 544 Local 445 Willow Street Manchester 03103-6216 3/31/2006
Lakes Region Facility 261 State 1 Right Way Path Laconia 03246 Belknap County 12/30/2005
Merrimack County House Of Corrections & Jail 247 Local 326 Daniel Webster Highway Boscawen 03303 3/31/2006
New Hampshire State Prison For Men 1,293 State P.O. Box 14 Concord 03302 Merrimack County 12/30/2005
New Hampshire State Prison For Women 97 State 317 Mast Road Goffstown 03045 Hillsborough County 12/30/2005
North End House 48 State 281 N State Street Concord 03301 Merrimack County 12/30/2005
Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility 531 State 138 E Milan Road Berlin 03570 Coos County 12/30/2005
Rockingham County Jail & House Of Correction 332 Local 99 North Road Brentwood 03833 3/31/2006
Secure Psychiatric Unit 41 State P.O. Box 512 Concord 03302 Merrimack County 12/30/2005
Shea Farm House 38 State 60 Iron Works Road Concord 03301 Merrimack County 12/30/2005
Strafford County Jail 378 Local County Farm Road 266 Dover 03820 3/31/2006
Sullivan County House Of Correction 99 Local 103 County Farm Rd. Claremont 03743 3/31/2006

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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