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Correctional facilities

FY 2023 Survey of Prison Inmates Research and Development

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, has periodically collected information through personal interviews with people in prisons since 1974 (see Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI) at https: bjs.ojp.gov data collection survey prison inmates spi.) The purpose of this award is to provide funding for a collection agent to update and field test the existing 2016 SPI...

FY 2023 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities 2024

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This collection is part of the larger BJS portfolio of establishment surveys that inform the nation on the characteristics of adult correctional facilities and persons sentenced to state, federal, and privately operated prisons. BJS's National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS) collects aggregate counts of male and female custody and jurisdiction prison populations on December 31 each year. Through the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), BJS collects...

Correctional Institutions

Inmates under the care and custody of a local, state, or federal correctional authority are generally housed in one of two types of facilities – a local jail or a state or federal prison. BJS collects data on the administration and operation of both types of facilities.  

  • Jails confine persons before or after adjudication and are usually operated by local law enforcement authorities such...