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Data collections

BJS proposes data collection revisions: Annual Survey of Jails, Deaths in Custody Reporting Program - Local Jails, and Survey of Jails in Indian Country

The Bureau of Justice Statistics encourages comments for 60 days until July 17, 2017, on revisions to currently approved data collections: Annual Survey of Jails, Deaths in Custody Reporting Program - Local Jails, and Survey of Jails in Indian Country. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such...

BJS Proposes Data Collection Extension: Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey

The Bureau of Justice Statistics encourages comments for 62 days until June 26, 2017, on the extension of a currently approved data collection: Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the...

Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails

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Deaths in Custody Reporting Program 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...