Legislation
Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001–2019 – Statistical Tables
Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables
Non-U.S. Citizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 1998–2018
Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected under the First Step Act, 2021
Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2021
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2018
Suicide in Local Jails and State and Federal Prisons, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables
Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2021
Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Justice Authorities, 2013-2018
Survey of Sexual Victimization in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012-2018 - Statistical Tables
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2016-2018
Sexual Victimization in Correctional Facilities (PREA)
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; Public Law 108-79) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape for each calendar year. BJS’s review must include, but is not limited to, the identification of the common characteristics of both victims and perpetrators of prison rape; and prisons and...
Office for Victims of Crime
Human Trafficking Data-Collection Activities, 2020
Death in Custody Reporting Act
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) collects data on deaths that occur while inmates are in the custody of local jails, state prisons, or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Local jail and state prison data are collected directly from jails and state departments of corrections. Until 2015, the BOP submitted only aggregated deaths counts, by cause and sex. Starting with the 2015 reference year, the...
National Prison Rape Statistics Program
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requires BJS to carry out an annual comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape. This review must include, but is not limited to, the identification of the common characteristics of both victims and perpetrators of prison rape, and prisons and prison systems with a high incidence of prison rape...