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BJS MIR March 2020
BJS press release
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Jail Inmates in 2018 [ [link removed] ]"
Jail incarceration rate decreased by 12% from 2008 to 2018
The jail incarceration rate in county and city jails across the United States dropped 12% over a decade, from an estimated 258 jail inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2008 to 226 per 100,000 in 2018.
From 2008 to 2018, the jail incarceration rate rose by 12% for whites and fell by about 30% for blacks (down 28%) and Hispanics (down 33%). The rate rose from 167 to 187 inmates per 100,000 white residents, fell from 825 to 592 per 100,000 black residents and fell from 274 to 182 per 100,000 Hispanic residents. In 2018, the jail incarceration rate for black residents fell below 600 per 100,000 for the first time since 1990.
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BJS publication
"Data Collected Under the First Step Act, 2019 [ [link removed] ]"
This report, the first required under the First Step Act of 2018, presents selected characteristics of federal prisoners and facility-level statistics, including
* marital, veteran, citizenship, and English-speaking status
* education levels
* medical conditions
* participation in treatment programs
* number of assaults on staff by prisoners
* prisoners violations that resulted in time-credit reductions
* facility characteristics related to accreditation, on-site health care, remote learning, video conferencing, and costs of prisoners phone calls.
Findings are based on data from BJSs First Step Act Supplement to the National Prisoner Statistics program [ [link removed] ], as required by Congress under the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA; P.L. 115-391). Data were provided to BJS by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for calendar year 2018, which is prior to the enactment of the FSA.
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BJS featured
*Featured on the BJS website: "State and federal imprisonment rate and the U.S. violent crime rate, 1985-2017"* [ [link removed] ]
Data are from BJSs "Prisoners in 2017" and the FBIs "Crime in the United States".
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BJS 60-day notices
The following data collections are open for public comments:
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Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program [ [link removed] ]
Comments on the proposed extension and update of this data collection will be accepted until May 4, 2020.
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2020 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey [ [link removed] ]
Comments on the proposed reinstatement and update of this data collection will be accepted until May 12, 2020.
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BJS solicitations
BJS is now accepting applications for the following funding opportunities:
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National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) and National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), Reference Years (RY) 2020-2024 [ [link removed] ]
Applications are due by April 14, 2020.
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FY 2020 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) [ [link removed] ]
Applications are due by April 16, 2020.
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Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP), Reference Years (RY) 2020-2024 [ [link removed] ]
Applications are due by April 21, 2020.
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FY 2020 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) [ [link removed] ]
Applications are due by April 23, 2020.
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FY 2020 State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers [ [link removed] ]
Applications are due by April 30, 2020.
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BJS data collections
The following datasets have been released through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data:
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National Crime Victimization Survey, Concatenated File, 1992-2018 [ [link removed] ]
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Census of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (CFLEO), Fiscal Year 2016 [ [link removed] ]
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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. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.
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