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North Dakota correctional populations of Census 2020 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
Adams County Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Barnes County Correctional Facility 21 Local 12/31/2013
Bismarck Transition Center 118 Private 2001 Lee Ave Bismarck 58504 Burleigh 6/30/2012
Bottineau County Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Burleigh County Detention Center 169 Local 12/31/2013
Cavalier County Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Centre Fargo 108 Private 123 15Th Street North Fargo 58102 Cass 6/30/2012
Centre Inc. Grand Forks 14 Private 201 S. 4Th Street Grand Forks 58201 Grand Forks 6/30/2012
Centre Inc. Mandan 75 Private 100 6Th Ave Se Mandan 58554 Morton 6/30/2012
Dakota Women's Correctional & Rehab Center 128 Local 440 Mckenzie Street New England 58647 6/30/2012
Dickinson Adult Detention Center 78 Local 12/31/2013
Fort Totten Law Enforcement And Adult Detention Center 48 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Gerald Tex Fox Justice Center Adult Detention 40 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Gerald Tex Fox Justice Center Juvenile Detention 2 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Grand Forks County Correctional Center 179 Local 12/31/2013
Heart of America Corrections And Treatment Center 105 Local 12/31/2013
James River Correctional Center 413 State 2521 Circle Drive Jamestown 58401 Stutsman 6/30/2012
Lake Region Correctional Center 85 Local 12/31/2013
Lake Region Re-Entry Center 21 Local 225 Walnut Street Devils Lake 58301 Ramsey 6/30/2012
Mckenzie County Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Mclean County Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Mercer County Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Missouri River Correctional Center 148 State 1800 48Th Avenue S.W. Bismarck 58506 Burleigh 6/30/2012
Morton County Correctional Center 50 Local 12/31/2013
Mountrail County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
North Dakota State Penitentiary 516 State 3100 Railroad Avenue Bismarck 58506 Burleigh 6/30/2012
Pembina County Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Richland County Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Rolette County Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Standing Rock Law Enforcement And Adult Detention Center 45 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Standing Rock Youth Services Center 10 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Stutsman County Correctional Center 69 Local 12/31/2013
Swmcc Work Release 63 Local 66 W 12Th St Dickinson 58601 Stark 6/30/2012
Tompkins Rehab & Corrections Center 57 Private 2504 Circle Drive Jamestown 58401 Stutsman 6/30/2012
Traill County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Turtle Mountain Law Enforcement Adult Detention 53 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Walsh County Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Ward County Jail 96 Local 12/31/2013
Williams County Correctional Center 118 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

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 April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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