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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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 BJS’s First Step Act Supplement to the National Prisoner Statistics program, 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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Data are from BJS’s Prisoners in 2017 and the FBI’s Crime in the United States.
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The following data collections are open for public comments:
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Comments on the proposed extension and update of this data collection will be accepted until May 4, 2020.
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Comments on the proposed reinstatement and update of this data collection will be accepted until May 12, 2020.
BJS is now accepting applications for the following funding opportunities:
Applications are due by April 14, 2020.
Applications are due by April 16, 2020.
Applications are due by April 21, 2020.
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Applications are due by April 30, 2020.
The following datasets have been released through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data:
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.
For more information on BJS publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit BJS online.
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