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National Law Enforcement Accountability Database

Update!

On January 20, 2025, Executive Order (EO) 14074 was revoked by President Donald J. Trump. As a result, the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD) is no longer active. User agencies can no longer query or add data to the NLEAD. The U.S. Department of Justice is decommissioning the NLEAD in accordance with federal standards.

On May 25, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr...

FY 2023 NCHIP

15PBJS-23-GK-01455-NCHI
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2023
$215,753

FY 2023 Federal Deaths in Custody Reporting Program Supplement

Closing Date
Per the Federal Deaths in Custody Reporting Act statute (P.L. 113 242), the head of federal law enforcement agencies are required to submit a report that contains information regarding the death of any person while that person is detained, under arrest, or in the process of being arrested by federal law enforcement officers or while in custody. In response to the legislation, BJS was designated...

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...

Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, 2018-2021

Closing Date
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for the administration of the Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (FDCRP), 2018 2021. The purposes of the FDCRP program is to (1) collect complete and accurate information on all federal arrest related and detained or incarcerated deaths; (2) implement a consistent data collection program across all federal law enforcement agencies, and (3) increase...

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...