StaffData/StaffWork

Person-period data table with one row per nusring, custody, or health care staff per day per institution per shift. This dataset does not include all prison staff, only nurses, custody staff, and health care staff. Employees such as teachers, office staff, and workplace supervsiors are not included in this dataset. For custody and nursing, data do not begin until May 13, 2020. For the remaining included classes, data begin on January 1, 2016. Custody and nursing staff records for certain days on or after May 13, 2020 may be missing due to an uncorrectable data entry errors.

StaffId
Anonymized signed integer that uniquely identifies each staff. This ID is stable across time and tables. 9869200; -19577694
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WorkDate
The date of the shift that was worked 2020-12-01; 2021-01-31
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Month
The year and month of the date worked, used to segment files 2019-11, 2020-01
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Institution
The prison where the shift took place. In cases where the work location is not a prison, "Other" is used. PBSP, RJD, Other
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Watch
The watch during which the work shift occurred. The three watches and their time periods are as follows: 1; 2; 3
 * 1st Watch [22:00, 06:00)
 * 2nd Watch [06:00, 14:00)
 * 3rd Watch [14:00, 22:00)
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Position
The staff's work discipline, when available. Custody, Healthcare, Nursing, Unknown
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Unit
An anonymized integer, unique within institution, representing the staff's work location for that record. In cases where the staff had more than one recorded work location at the same institution, on the same day and shift, the first work location ID is used. Note that due to labeling of work locations -- e.g., "Main clinic" -- identical Unit values may occur across institutions. These are nonetheless physically different work locations since they are at different institutions.