This report fulfills the requirement of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA; P.L. 111-211, 124 Stat. 2258, § 251(b)) to report annually on BJS’s activities to establish and enhance a tribal crime data collection system. It summarizes BJS’s tribal data collection activities during 2024 and planned through July 2025. It also describes BJS’s efforts, in consultation with Indian tribes, to develop and implement the Tribal Justice Statistics Program. These efforts involve creating a 10-year strategic plan and consulting with tribal nations and federal partners on the implementation of a tribal justice data collection system to include the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA) and Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS). This report is the 15th in a series that began in 2011 to meet the TLOA annual reporting requirement.
- BJS used a tribal-centered approach to develop and implement the tribal crime data collection system mandated by TLOA.
- Domestic violence was the most common violent offense for which inmates were held in Indian country jails from 2013 to 2023, and the number of inmates held in Indian country jails for a drug offense increased 170% during that decade.
- In fiscal year (FY) 2023, 54 American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) persons were convicted in U.S. district courts for every 100 arrested.
- In total, more AIAN persons were released from federal prison (19,125) from FY 2013 to FY 2023 than were admitted (18,559).