This brief Just the Stats report presents data on employment of state and federal prisoners in the 30 days prior to arrest for the offense for which they were incarcerated. The web-based report compares the differences in characteristics of those state and federal prisoners who were employed. Findings are based on data collected in the most recent Survey of Prison Inmates, which was conducted in 2016 through face-to-face interviews with a national sample of state and federal prisoners.
The total correctional population in the United States fell 1% from yearend 2020 to 2021, according to statistics in Correctional Populations in the United States, 2021 ? Statistical Tables and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2021. The number of persons held in prison or jail or supervised in the community on probation or parole decreased by 61,100, down to an estimated 5,444,900. Overall, an estimated 1 in 48 U.S. residents age 18 or older were under correctional supervision at yearend 2021, down from 1 in 47 in 2020.?
Team BJS and Director Alex Piquero presented at or attended the following conferences:
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through April 24, 2023, on the proposed reinstatement, with change, of the BJS data collection: Annual Survey of Jails. Your comments on BJS?s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the?Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:
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evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of BJS, including whether the information will have practical utility
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evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used
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evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
- minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through April 14, 2023, on the proposed reinstatement, with change, of the BJS data collection: Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country. Your comments on BJS?s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or more of the following:
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evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, including whether the information will have practical utility
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evaluate the accuracy of the agency?s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used
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evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced
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minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
 Direct Estimation Methods and the National Crime Victimization Survey Webinar
BJS held a webinar on February 22, 2023, 1-2:30 p.m. ET that provided an overview of methods for calculating variance of estimates from complex sample designs, including direct and indirect methods. It also focused on two methods for calculating direct variance estimates: Taylor series linearization (TSL) and balanced repeated replication (BRR). The panel used SAS and SPSS to demonstrate the methods with examples using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey. This webinar will be made available on-demand on BJS?s website.
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