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15 paź 2024 · BJS calculated age-specific imprisonment rates for each sex, adjusted race and Hispanic origin group, and age group by dividing the estimated number of sentenced prisoners within each age group under jurisdiction on December 31, 2022 by the estimated number of U.S. residents in each age group on January 1, 2023.
23 paź 2024 · Find the most up-to-date statisitcs and facts on prisoners in the United States.
8 cze 2021 · New data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that state prisons are seeing alarming rises in suicide, homicide, and drug and alcohol-related deaths.
14 mar 2024 · Murder rates were an average of 40% higher in “red” states compared to “blue” states in 2020; more broadly, murder rates over the years 2000-2020 were 23% higher on average in “red” states. Releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety.
Federal prisons reported 381 deaths in 2019, a 16% decrease from 2015 (455), the year with the highest number of deaths of federal prisoners. In 2019, federal prisoners had an overall mortality rate of 259 per 100,000, up from 250 per 100,000 in 2018 (table 11). Federal prisoners in BOP-operated facilities died of
30 lis 2023 · The report provides counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities in 2022 and includes findings on admissions, releases, and imprisonment rates. The report describes demographic and offense characteristics of state and federal prisoners.
Statistics are updated weekly. Please Note: Data is limited due to the availability of offense-specific information.