The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), a unit under the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan, maintains a physical data enclave to provide access to data considered too sensitive to permit less restrictive means of access. The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), a topical archive within ICPSR, in conjunction with its sponsor, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), disseminates the Deaths in Custody data series via the ICPSR physical data enclave. We understand the difficulties of conducting research with data that are only available in this manner. We hope to mitigate those difficulties by offering the services of a qualified ICPSR staff member. This person will analyze these data in accordance with your instructions. This arrangement removes the need for you and/or your staff to travel to our offices in Ann Arbor to access the data.

We have a number of staff who are available to assist with running statistical code and doing analyses for you. We suggest that this work be structured as a subcontract of your project. The vast amount of hours will be in writing, editing, and running statistical code. Other time will be spent discussing analysis options with you. There will be some supervision time, but we expect it to be minimal.
All output leaving the physical enclave must be vetted to ensure that no identifying information is being released. This work will be done by a separate ICPSR staff person. Currently ICPSR does not charge for vetting output. Since this work must be done regardless of how the physical enclave data are accessed there will be no incremental cost for vetting the output.

Through a subcontract with the University of Rochester, the main deliverables will be output from analyses run using the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program – Jails Data. The output will involve causes of death by various demographic and other characteristics. Many intermediate tables, graphs, etc. are likely to be produced; however, final products that will be removed from the physical enclave are likely to be fewer than twelve.