Inmate Vocational Training Status CY 2018 - Current Monthly County Corrections
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 27 Oct 2022This data is the monthly number of inmates who are incarcerated and have a minimum sentence of 2 years or less by county who are participating in vocational training, the average number of hours in vocational training, and the number of inmates with vocational certifications
This dataset has the following 14 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State FIPS Code | state_fips | text | These are the first 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the State association. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html | 42 view top 100 |
| County FIPS Code | county_fips | text | The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. This is the 3-digit part of the 5-digit county FIPS code specifically standing for the county. | 75 129 13 121 113 view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | County from which the inmate was sentenced to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | York Crawford Monroe Westmoreland Union view top 100 |
| Number of Inmates | num_of_inmates | number | Total number of inmates enrolled in vocational programs with a minimum sentence of 2 years or less | 23 24 25 26 20 view top 100 |
| Average Hours | avg_hrs | number | Average number of hours of vocational training taken for inmates in vocational programs with a minimum sentence of 2 years or less | 0 372 394 507 270 view top 100 |
| Number of Inmates with Certifications | num_of_inmates_with | number | Total number of inmates with vocation program certifications with a minimum sentence of 2 years or less | 10 7 9 4 3 view top 100 |
| Month | month | text | Month the inmate is receiving the training or certification | Apr Aug Sep May Mar view top 100 |
| Year | year | text | Year the inmate is receiving the training or certification | 2020 2019 2021 2018 2022 view top 100 |
| Month Year Date | mn_yr | calendar_date | Month and Year combined date field signifying what month and year the inmate is receiving the training or certification | 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000 2019-11-01T00:00:00.000 2020-11-01T00:00:00.000 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| County Code Number | county_code_number | number | Two-digit State Number for County from which the inmate was sentenced to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | 8 33 55 19 29 view top 100 |
| County Code | county_code | text | Two-digit State code for County from which the inmate was sentenced to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | 13 28 39 19 20 view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | If the Latitude point is null, then the county is outside of Pennsylvania or unknown. This is a generic point for latitude in each county to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The latitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | 41.43910064 40.70751243 41.17836439 40.61464794 41.8205686 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | If the Longitude point is null, then the county is outside of Pennsylvania or unknown. This is a generic point for longitude in each county to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The longitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | -78.11485045 -76.77960568 -78.49116474 -80.33754114 -76.66470527 view top 100 |
| Georeferenced Latitude & Longitude | geocoded_column | point | Georeferenced column for use in creating mapping visualizations with both latitude and longitude of the inmate's county | {"coordinates":[-80.22943817,39.85480393],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-78.34907687,40.48555024],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-80.33754114,40.99325035],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-80.26009411,41.30237777],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-76.51825624,41.79117814],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |