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Federal law enforcement agencies

FY 2023 NCHIP

15PBJS-23-GK-01455-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$215,753

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 (DICRA) 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 efficiency and...

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...