Prisons
Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI)
The Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) is a periodic, cross-sectional survey of the state and sentenced federal prison populations. Its primary objective is to produce national estimates on the state and sentenced federal prison populations across a variety of domains, including but not limited to demographic characteristics, current offense and sentence, incident characteristics, firearm possession and sources, criminal history, socioeconomic characteristics, family background, drug and...
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 - Jails
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2019-20 - Jails
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) 2015-2019
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) 2018-19
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
National Prisoner Statistics and National Corrections Reporting Program
Mortality in State Prisons, 2001-2014 - Statistical Tables
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
National Survey of Prison Health Care: Selected Findings
Aging of the State Prison Population, 1993-2013
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
Drug Offenders in Federal Prisons: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data
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MORE THAN HALF OF DRUG OFFENDERS IN FEDERAL PRISON WERE SERVING SENTENCES FOR POWDER OR CRACK COCAINE
WASHINGTON – More than half (54 percent) of drug offenders in federal custody at yearend 2012 were serving sentences for powder or...
Use of Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons and Jails, 2011-12
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NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF PRISON AND JAIL INMATES SPENT TIME
IN SEGREGATION OR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN 2011–12
WASHINGTON – Nearly 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates had spent time in...
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), 2015-2019
Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2013 - Statistical Tables
Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2012 - Statistical Tables
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2010
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U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION DECLINED FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Prison population declined for first time in nearly four decades
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today that the number of offenders under adult correctional supervision in the...