A Q&A addendum to the FY 2022 Census of State Courts (CSC) solicitation is now available for applicants. Get details on the courts and U.S. territories in the last sampling frame, how to find out what was collected in the last census, and the response rate for the FY 2022 CSC.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the 2019 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities dataset through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. The census collects facility-level data on the operations of state and federal adult correctional facilities and the conditions of confinement facility-level, including facility function and operator, security level of the facility, special housing, facility capacity and crowding, court orders, safety and security within prisons, the number of security staff, educational and special programming, and work assignments. Additionally, the census collects custody population counts by demographic characteristics, sentence length, and custody security level. The CCF furnishes the sampling frame for the nationwide Survey of Prison Inmates.
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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