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National Inmate Survey (NIS) - Prisons: Alternative Survey Respondents Only, [United States], 2007-2009
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The National Inmate Survey (NIS) is part of the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault in correctional facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108- 79). Inmates are randomly assigned to receive either a survey of sexual victimization or a survey of mental and physical health, past drug and alcohol use, and treatment for substance abuse. The data in this study focuses solely upon substance use and treatment from the "alternative" version of the survey.
These 3,908 respondents contained in this file who completed the "alternative" survey are the same 3,908 alternative respondents from the study National Inmate Survey (NIS) - Prisons: Full Survey Respondents, [United States], 2007-2009 (ICPSR 37017).
Detailed Methodology
Between the two data collection periods there were 313 state and federal prisons randomly selected across the nation to participate in the NIS-1 and NIS-2. Of these 313 total facilities there were 228 state male facilities, 47 state female facilities, 35 federal male facilities, and 3 federal female facilities. There was a total of 83,551 inmates selected during the two distinct waves of data collection. A total of 58,186 ended up participating in the survey. Approximately 10 percent of NIS-1 and 5 percent of NIS-2 respondents were randomized to receive the alternative survey. There was a total of 4,834 inmates who received the alternative survey with 3,908 of them completing the drug, alcohol, and treatment modules.Please refer to the codebook for details about the study sampling provided by the Principal Investigator.