Number of cells and average number of prisoners for individual U.S. state prisons (and some large houses of correction and workhouses) in 1868 and 1873. Calculated prisoners per cell.

Dataset sheets:

• prisoners per cell: cells, average number of prisoners, and prisoners per cell by state prisons (state, city, prison) in 1868 and 1873

Related datasets:

• prisoners per sleeping space in U.S. prisons and jails, 1997
• prisoner communication policies in mid-19th-century U.S.
• Eastern State Penitentiary costs, 1821 to 1844