BJS has released Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2019–2020 – Statistical Tables. This report provides counts and rates of allegations of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual victimization across all types of adult correctional facilities. In contrast to prior reports, allegations and substantiated incidents of inmate-on-inmate sexual harassment are presented together with data for other types of sexual victimization. This reporting change makes it easier to present trends across these victimization types and better aligns with future data collections.
Findings in this report are based on the Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV), which BJS has conducted annually since 2004. The SSV is among the data collections that BJS conducts to meet the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108–79).
Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2019–2020 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 308553) was written by BJS Statisticians Emily D. Buehler, PhD, and Shelby Kottke-Weaver, PhD. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.
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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