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New Jersey 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
Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Center 640 State 8 Production Way Avenel 07001 Middlesex 6/30/2012
Albert Wagner Youth Correctional Facility 1,022 State Po Box 500 Bordentown 08505 Burlington 6/30/2012
Atlantic County Justice Facility 800 Local 12/31/2013
Ballington House (Voa/N) 30 Private 421 Westminster Avenue Elizabeth 07208 Union 6/30/2012
Bayside State Prison 2,198 State 4293 Route 47 Leesburg 08327 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Bayside State Prison Ancora Unit 350 State 202 Spring Road Hammonton 08037 6/30/2012
Bayside State Prison Minimum Unit 709 State P. O. Box F2 Leesburg 08327 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Bergen Co. Jail 852 Local 12/31/2013
Bo Robinson Education & Training Center 403 Private 377 Enterprise Way Trenton 08638 Mercer 6/30/2012
Burlington Co. Det. Ctr., Corr. Ctr. & Work Release 526 Local 12/31/2013
Camden County Correctional Facility 1,497 Local 12/31/2013
Cape May Co. Corr. Ctr. 245 Local 12/31/2013
Central Medical Unit, 5Th Floor Security Unit, St. Francis Medica 8 State 601 Hamilton Avenue Trenton 08629 Mercer 6/30/2012
Central Reception & Assignment Facility 651 State Stuyvesant Avenue West Trenton 08628 Mercer 6/30/2012
Clinton House (Njac) 41 Private 21 N Clinton Avenue Trenton 08609 Mercer 6/30/2012
Cumberland Co. Jail 592 Local 12/31/2013
East Jersey State Prison 1,361 State 1100 Rahway Avenue Avenel 07001 Middlesex 6/30/2012
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility For Women 752 State 30 County Route 513 Clinton 08809 Hunterdon 6/30/2012
Essex County Correctional Facility 3,391 Local 12/31/2013
Fairton Camp 124 Federal 655 Fairton-Millville Road Fairton 08320 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Fairton FCI 1,405 Federal 655 Fairton-Millville Road Fairton 08320 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Fairton FCI 1,002 Federal 655 Fairton-Millville Road Fairton 08320 Cumberland 4/2/2020
Fairton-Camp 118 Federal 655 Fairton-Millville Road Fairton 08320 Cumberland 4/2/2020
Fenwick House (Njac) 48 Private 369-371 Market Street Patterson 07501 Passaic 6/30/2012
Field House (Voa/N) 30 Private 45 Lenox Avenue East Orange 07018 Essex 6/30/2012
Fletcher House (Voa/Dv) 83 Private 517 Penn Street Camden 08102 Camden 6/30/2012
Fort Dix Camp 434 Federal 5756 Hartford & Pointville Road Fort Dix 08640 Burlington 6/30/2012
Fort Dix FCI 4,231 Federal 5756 Hartford & Pointville Rd Fort Dix 08640 Burlington 6/30/2012
Fort Dix FCI 2,752 Federal 5756 Hartford & Pointville Rd Joint Base Mdl 08640 Burlington 4/2/2020
Fort Dix-Camp 245 Federal 5756 Hartford & Pointville Rd Joint Base Mdl 08640 Burlington 4/2/2020
Garden State Youth Correctioal Facility 1,789 State Highbridge Road Yardville 08620 6/30/2012
Garrett House-Voa/Dv 48 Private 509 Cooper Street Camden 08102 Camden 6/30/2012
Gloucester County Jail 358 Local 12/31/2013
Hope Hall (Voa/Dv) 167 Private 676 Fairview Street Camden 08104 Camden 6/30/2012
Hudson County Correctional Facility 1,806 Local 12/31/2013
Hunterdon Co. Jail 88 Local 12/31/2013
Jones Farm 280 State 721 Bear Tavern Road West Trenton 08625 6/30/2012
Kintock Bridgeton I & Ii 363 Private 4 S Industrial Blvd Bridgeton 08302 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Kintock Male Work Release Bldg 1 188 Private 50 Fenwick Street Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Kintock Newark Female Treatment 27 Private 50 Fenwick Street Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Kintock Newark Male Treatment 111 Private 50 Fenwick Street Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Mercer Co. Corr. Ctr. 811 Local 12/31/2013
Mid-State Correctional Facility 694 State Po Box 866 Wrightstown 08562 Burlington 6/30/2012
Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center 909 Local 12/31/2013
Monmouth County Correctional Institution 835 Local 12/31/2013
Morris Co. Corr. Fac. 331 Local 12/31/2013
Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility 1,013 State 31 Petticoat Lane Annandale 08801 Hunterdon 6/30/2012
New Jersey State Prison 1,871 State Third & Federal Streets Trenton 08625 6/30/2012
Northern State Prison 2,458 State 168 Frontage Road Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Ocean Co. Jail 664 Local 12/31/2013
Passaic County Jail 1,039 Local 12/31/2013
Salem Co. Corr. Fac. 343 Local 12/31/2013
Somerset County Jail 216 Local 12/31/2013
South Woods State Prison 3,379 State 215 S Burlington Road Bridgeton 08302 Cumberland 6/30/2012
Southern State Correctional Facility 2,329 State 4295 Route 47 Delmont 08314 6/30/2012
Special Treatment Unit 468 State 1491 Rahway Avenue Avenel 07001 Middlesex 6/30/2012
Sussex Co. - Keogh Dwyer Corr. Fac. 177 Local 12/31/2013
Talbot Hall (Ehca) 489 Private 100-140 Lincoln Hwy Kearny 07032 Hudson 6/30/2012
The Harbor (Ehca) 251 Private 300 Frelinghuysen Avenue Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Tully House (Echa) 337 Private 28 Peerless Place Newark 07114 Essex 6/30/2012
Union County Jail 795 Local 12/31/2013
Warren Co. Corr. Ctr. 123 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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