Analysis
NAICS 922140 is the 2022 national industry for correctional institutions, part of 92214 (Correctional Institutions). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include correctional boot camps (except private operation of), correctional institutions (except private operation of), detention centers (except private operation of) and honor camps, correctional (except private operation of), among 10 in all.
For example, government establishments primarily engaged in operating halfway houses for ex-criminal offenders and delinquent youths are classified in 623990 (Other Residential Care Facilities) instead.
Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 623990 and 561210. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
County Business Patterns excludes public administration, so there is no establishment count for it.
Official definition
This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in managing and operating correctional institutions. The facility is generally designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of adult and/or juvenile offenders sentenced by a court.
Illustrative Examples:
Correctional institutions, public administration Penitentiaries, public administration Detention centers, public administration Prisons, public administration Jails, public administration
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
Index entries (10)
- Correctional boot camps (except private operation of)
- Correctional institutions (except private operation of)
- Detention centers (except private operation of)
- Honor camps, correctional (except private operation of)
- Houses of correction (except private operation of)
- Jails (except private operation of)
- Penitentiaries (except private operation of)
- Prison farms (except private operation of)
- Prisons (except private operation of)
- Reformatories (except private operation of)