FAQ · United States
Is the prison data for the United States official and reliable?
It is not official: it comes from OpenStreetMap, an open collaborative project, and nothing is invented or estimated. For 2,738 facilities in the United States, the profiles include: Address 100%, Operator / administration 41%, Website 33%, Phone 26%, Email 5%. Whatever is missing simply does not appear. If you manage a facility, you can request a free correction.
Data available in the profiles
| Data point | Facilities | % |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 2,738 | 100% |
| Phone | 725 | 26% |
| 145 | 5% | |
| Website | 914 | 33% |
| Operator / administration | 1,129 | 41% |
| Capacity | 19 | 1% |
| Hours / visiting | 9 | 0% |
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