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NCJ 100262
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| Title:
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Housing Pretrial Inmates - The Costs and Benefits of Single Cells, Multiple Cells and Dormitories
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| Author(s):
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J Farbstein ; M Goldman
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| Corporate Author:
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Sacramento Cty Board of Corrections
United States
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| Publication Date:
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1983 |
| Pages:
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82 |
| Type:
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Applied research |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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This 1983 California cost-benefit analysis of single cells, multiple cells, and dormitories for housing pretrial inmates found that single cells are preferable. |
| Abstract:
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The study reviewed relevant empirical studies and court decisions, surveyed selected county officials to determine their experience with personal injury settlements before and after building single-cell jails, and interviewed jail managers and jail management experts. A number of jail housing models were assessed to compare construction costs. The various housing types were compared on construction costs, staffing, safety, legal liability, and manageability. A jail with all single cells cost approximately 21 percent more than an all-dormitory design, and a jail half single cells and half dorms was 10.6 percent more expensive than an all-dorm jail. This cost differential was significantly mitigated by savings in staffing costs over the 30-year life of the building. The study found that the single-cell unit performs best on staffing factors (effectiveness, cost efficiency, and job satisfaction) as well as on safety performance. Personal injury lawsuits and settlements are more common in multiple-occupancy facilities. Single-cell facilities are easier to manage, as they produce less inmate stress and offer greater flexibility for classification and operations. The appendix contains a study of the cost-benefit comparison of multiple occupancy and single cells for the Sacramento County jail. 37 references. |
| Main Term(s):
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Pretrial detention |
| Index Term(s):
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Cost benefit analysis ; Architectural design ; Prison construction ; California |
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