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Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020

Closing Date
BJS initiated the DCRP in response to the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DICRA) of 2000 (P.L. 106-297), which encouraged states to report certain information related to the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies. BJS developed three data collection efforts under the DCRP; these obtained data on deaths in state prisons, in local jails, and in the process of arrest to...

National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks a data collection and analysis agent for the National Prisoner Statistics program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) for the data years 2015 through 2019. This marks the first time the two programs will be competed together. The NPS and NCRP are BJS’s flagship data collections measuring the size and composition of state and federal prison...

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014                                Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION DECLINED BY LESS THAN 1 PERCENT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

WASHINGTON – The number of persons under adult correctional supervision fell by 41,500 persons during 2013, dropping to 6.89 million by yearend, the Bureau of...

Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011-12

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015                                                         Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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ABOUT A THIRD OF PRISON AND JAIL INMATES REPORTED A DISABILITY IN 2011–12

WASHINGTON – An estimated 32 percent of state and federal prisoners and 40 percent of local jail inmates reported having at least one disability in...

Drug Offenders in Federal Prisons: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015                          Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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MORE THAN HALF OF DRUG OFFENDERS IN FEDERAL PRISON WERE SERVING SENTENCES FOR POWDER OR CRACK COCAINE

WASHINGTON – More than half (54 percent) of drug offenders in federal custody at yearend 2012 were serving sentences for powder or...

Use of Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons and Jails, 2011-12

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015            Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF PRISON AND JAIL INMATES SPENT TIME
IN SEGREGATION OR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN 2011–12

WASHINGTON – Nearly 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates had spent time in...

Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2013 - Statistical Tables

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TUESDAY,  AUGUST 4, 2015                 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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DEATHS IN LOCAL JAILS AND STATE PRISONS INCREASED FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

WASHINGTON – For the third consecutive year the number of inmates who died in state prisons and local jails...