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Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

Correctional Populations in the United States, 2022 – Statistical Tables and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024, 10:00 AM ET                 Contact: OJP MEDIA
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Press Release

About 2% of adult U.S. residents under correctional supervision in 2022

WASHINGTON ― An estimated 5,407,300 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems in the United States at year-end 2022, and 3,668,800 of those were under community...

Heroin, Fentanyl, and Other Opioid Offenses in Federal Courts, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
THURSDAY, February 29, 2024, 10:00 AM ET                 Contact: OJP MEDIA
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Press Release

Drug Enforcement Administration arrests for fentanyl surpass arrests for heroin for first time

WASHINGTON ― Arrests by the Drug Enforcement Administration for fentanyl offenses exceeded those for heroin offenses for the first time in fiscal year 2021, according to...

Federal Justice System

BJS maintains multiple data collections covering various aspects of the federal justice system encompassing law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections. BJS data collections range from censuses of law enforcement and annual deaths in custody to federal case processing statistical information, describing the number of suspects/defendants from arrest to imprisonment.

 

Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP)

The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DCRA) requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to submit to the U.S. Attorney General, information about the death of any person who is—

  • detained, under arrest, or in the process of being arrested by a federal law enforcement officer (or by a state or local law enforcement officer while participating in a federal law...