Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993-2013
Date Published
May 2016
Publication Type
Publication
Adult correctional facilities
Assessing Inmate Cause of Death: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and National Death Index
Date Published
April 2016
Publication Type
Publication
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 BJSâs 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...
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Publication
Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011-12
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Publication
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...
Veterans in Prison and Jail, 2011-2012
Date Published
December 2015
Publication Type
Publication
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...
Drug Offenders in Federal Prisons: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data
Date Published
October 2015
Publication Type
Publication
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...
Use of Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons and Jails, 2011-12
Date Published
October 2015
Publication Type
Publication
Examining the Treatment of Native American Defendants in United States Federal Courts
2015-R2-CX-K035
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$43,000
Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020
2015-BJ-CX-K038
Open
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,700,000
Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020
2015-BJ-CX-K038
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$902,285
Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole, 2015-2018 (ASPP)
2015-R2-CX-K139
Open
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,099,925
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
2015-R2-CX-K135
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$1,199,978
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
2015-R2-CX-K135
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2015
$2,399,982
Online Data Dashboard to Present Justice Reinvestment Program Performance Measures
2015-BJ-CX-K010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$59,900
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...
Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2013 - Statistical Tables
Date Published
August 2015
Publication Type
Publication
BJS FY 15 Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020
Closing Date
The Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) collects data on deaths of inmates who are in the custody of local jails or state prisons. Local jail and state prison data are collected directly from jails and state departments of corrections. The DCRP provides individual-level data on the number of deaths by year, cause of death, and decedent age, race or Hispanic origin, and sex. These...