This report is the seventh in a series as required under the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA; P.L. 115-391). It includes data on federal prisoners collected in 2025 for calendar year 2024 provided to BJS by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP). As required by the FSA, this report details selected characteristics of persons in federal prisons, including marital, veteran, citizenship, and English-speaking status; education levels; medical conditions; and participation in treatment programs. It also includes statistics that BJS is required to report at the facility level, such as the number of assaults on staff by prisoners, prisoners’ violations of rules that resulted in time credit reductions, and selected facility characteristics related to accreditation, on-site health care, remote learning, video conferencing, and costs of prisoners’ phone calls.
- The federal prison population decreased about 1% from yearend 2023 (155,972) to yearend 2024 (154,093).
- At yearend 2024, there were 8,202 persons with prior military service in FBOP facilities, accounting for more than 5% of the total federal prison population.
- Thirty percent of persons in federal prison at yearend 2024 had a minor child age 20 or younger, down from 35% in 2023.
- The number of non-U.S. citizens in federal prison at yearend 2024 was 21,948, down from 2023 (22,817) and 2022 (24,078).