FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: MAJOR PRISON FACILITIES - JULY 2007

Geodataset Name:       MJPRIS_JUL07
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         72
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains major institutions for incarcerated felons for the state of Florida. These facilities incarcerate felons convicted and sentenced to more than a year.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20070716
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MJPRIS_JUL07.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
NAME
47 String
YEAR
7 Number
FCODE
8 Number
GENDER
9 String
TYPE
6 String
SLEVEL
8 Number
POP_06
8 Number
REGION
8 Number
AGENCY_ID
10 String
COUNTY
27 String
CITY
50 String
ZIP
9 Number
ADDR1
36 String
ADDR2
65 String
PHONE
25 String
EMAIL
40 String
CONTACT
30 String
TITLE
35 String
WEB_ADD
60 String
MAN_ED
4 String
DESCRIPT
47 String
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

NAME Name of prison facility

YEAR Year prison was built

FCODE Facility Code

GENDER Gender of prisoners

TYPE Facility type
A = Adult Facility

YO = Youthful Offender

RC = Reception Center


SLEVEL Security level
1 = Minimum Custody

2, 3 = Medium Custody

4, 5, 6 = Close Custody

7 = Maximum Custody


POP_06 Population on June 20, 2006

REGION Prison facility region

AGENCY_ID Agency ID

COUNTY County where the facility is located

CITY City where facility is located

ZIP Zip code of facility

ADDR1 Address found at online information page for facility

ADDR2 Address from FDOC spreadsheet

PHONE Facility phone number

EMAIL Facility email

CONTACT Facility contact

TITLE Facility contact's title

WEB_ADD Web address of online information page on particular facility. These pages have directions, historical information, facility profile and program info, and multiple phone numbers.

MAN_ED Describes if point was manuelly edited after geocoding.
YES = was manuelly edited

NO = was not manuelly edited


DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date information was gathered from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
This dataset contains the Florida Department of Corrections major institutions 
for incarcerated felons. These major institutions (five privately run) are geographically 
grouped into four regions. The Tallahassee Central Office provides direction, policy, 
and operational and program oversight through the regional directors and their staff 
to all the facilities.

These facilities incarcerate felons convicted and sentenced to more than 
a year. These inmates are transported from a county jail and enter our system 
through one of three male or two female reception centers strategically located 
throughout the state. Upon arrival at a reception center, an inmate is processed, 
tested, evaluated by health services, assessed for program needs, and his/her 
custody (security risks) determined. Custody is determined by reviewing the 
seriousness of their offenses, length of sentence, time remaining to serve, 
prior criminal record, escape history, prison adjustment, and other factors. 
The most serious offenders with the longest sentences and those least likely 
to adjust to institutional life are placed in more secure facilities. Based on the 
results of this process the inmate is then transferred to the appropriate facility.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems 
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Introduction to Information on Florida Prison Facilities:
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/ciindex.html

Summary of Florida State Correctional Facilities:
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/annual/0506/facil.html

Department of Corrections:
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan collected the information in this dataset from the Florida Department 
of Corrections website (http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/ciindex.html) in July 
of 2007. 

Tabular data was taken from the Summary of Florida State Correctional Facilities
(http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/annual/0506/facil.html) and from an official FDOC 
spreadsheet of locations and contact information. Only facilities listed as major institutions 
were used in this dataset. That list, broken up by prison facility region, can be found here: 
(http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/ciindex.html). 

Facilities were geocoded and individually verified using high resolution imagery.
66 out of 72 records were manually edited to better represent the location of the
prison facility.

- A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME.
- FGDLAQDATE was added based on date information was downloaded 
  from source.
- All fields were upcased
Process Date: 20070717

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
University of Florida GeoPlan Center
GeoPlan
431 Architecture PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL
32611


ftp://ftp1.fgdl.org/pub/state/mjpris_jul07.zip danny@geoplan.ufl.edu Danny Downing

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