National Inmate Survey (NIS)
Drug Use, Dependence, and Abuse Among State Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2007-2009
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-2012
Analytic Resource Center
Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011-12
Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011-12
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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
Use of Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons and Jails, 2011-12
Medical Problems of State and Federal Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12
Bureau of Justice Statistics receives policy impact award
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BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS RECEIVES POLICY IMPACT AWARD
WASHINGTON –The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and its data collection agents will receive the 2014 Policy Impact Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) for their innovative and salient efforts to measure...
Sexual Victimization Reported by Former State Prisoners, 2008
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NEARLY 10 PERCENT OF FORMER STATE PRISONERS
REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY VICTIMIZED DURING CONFINEMENT
WASHINGTON – An estimated 9.6 percent of adult former state prisoners reported being sexually victimized during their most recent period of confinement, the Justice...
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008
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Correctional Authorities Reported MORE THAN 14,800 Allegations of Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails during 2007 and 2008
One in seven were confirmed after investigation
WASHINGTON – Federal, state and local correctional authorities reported an estimated 7,374 allegations of...
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2013
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2010
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09
PREA Data Collection Activities, 2009
National Inmate Survey (NIS)
The National Inmate Survey (NIS) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault in correctional facilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79). PREA requires a 10% sample of correctional facilities to be listed by incidence of sexual assault, with a minimum of one prison and one jail...
HIV in Prisons, 2006 and Medical Problems of Prisoners
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NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL INMATES CONTINUES TO DECLINE
About 44 percent of state inmates and 39 percent of federal inmates have medical problems
WASHINGTON Between 2005 and 2006 the number of state and federal prisoners who were HIV-positive decreased 3.1 percent from 22,676...