BJS has released the National Prisoner Statistics, 1978?2022 dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. It includes data on the number and characteristics of persons confined in state and federal prison facilities and aggregate data on the race and sex of prisoners, persons held in private facilities and local jails, system capacity, non-U.S. citizens, and persons age 17 or younger.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, PhD, is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?bjs.ojp.gov.
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