Updated statistics on jail populations, admissions, and incarceration rates
BJS has released Jails Report Series: 2024 Preliminary Data Release. It presents preliminary statistics on key items from the Annual Survey of Jails and the Census of Jails. This web-based publication includes statistics from 2014 to 2024 on the:
- number of persons held in local jails by demographic characteristics and conviction status,
- number of admissions to jail, and
- jail incarceration rates.
Final statistics will be published in Jail Inmates in 2024 – Statistical Tables, forthcoming.
Jails Report Series: 2024 Preliminary Data Release (NCJ 309039) was written by Zhen Zeng, PhD, BJS Statistician. 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. For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities, visit bjs.ojp.gov.
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