This report fulfills a congressional mandate in the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, part of the 2019 Defense Reauthorization Act (P.L. 116?92, Title XI, Subtitle B, Section 1124). Congress tasked BJS and the U.S. Census Bureau with reporting on the post-prison employment of persons released from federal prison. The report presents statistics on both pre- and post-prison employment and median earnings of persons employed in the 4 years (16 quarters) after release in 2010, differentiated by age, sex, race and ethnicity, most serious offense, and amount of time served. It also discusses the industry sectors that employed persons before and after imprisonment.
Findings are based on Federal Bureau of Prisons data collected through BJS?s Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) on each person released from federal prison during calendar years 2010 to 2014, as well as American Community Survey and Decennial Census data on race and ethnicity and Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics data on employment and earnings that the U.S. Census Bureau collected and linked to FJSP data via its Numerical Identification File.
Employment of Persons Released from Federal Prison in 2010 (NCJ 303147) was written by BJS Statistician E. Ann Carson, Ph.D.; U.S. Census Bureau Senior Economist Danielle H. Sandler, Ph.D.;?U.S. Census Bureau Survey Statisticians Renuka Bhaskar and Leticia E. Fernandez, Ph.D.; and?U.S. Census Bureau Principal Sociologist and Demographer Sonya R. Porter, Ph.D. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.
Federal case processing data for the years 1998 through 2019 are now available through the Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) data tool. Through this dynamic tool, users can access data on suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system and generate various statistics in the areas of?
- federal law enforcement
- prosecution and courts
- incarceration.?
Users can also look up data based on title and section of the U.S. Criminal Code. Data are from BJS?s Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center.
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. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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