Search results
14 gru 2021 · The prison populations of California, Texas, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons each declined by more than 22,500 from 2019 to 2020, accounting for 33% of the total prison population decrease. In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992.
- Estimation Procedures for Crimes in The United States Based on NIBRS Data
This report d escribes the estimation process for crime...
- E. Ann Carson, PhD, BJS Statistician
View and search for publications and products from the...
- NIBRS Estimation Summary
This report highlights efforts by the Bureau of Justice...
- State and Federal Prison Facilities
An official website of the United States government,...
- Corrections
BJS released a prison and jail report on this topic. BJS...
- Criminal Victimization, 2022
This report is the 50th in a series that began in 1973 and...
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
National Prison Rape Statistics Program; NICS Act Record...
- Forthcoming Publications
Prosecutors in State Courts, 2020: Q4 : National Law...
- Estimation Procedures for Crimes in The United States Based on NIBRS Data
In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992. From 2010 to 2020, the sentenced imprisonment rate for U.S. residents fell 37% among blacks; 32% among Hispanics; 32% among Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders; 26% among whites; and 25% among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Updated numbers of people in local jail or state and federal prison, published in the latest People in Jail and Prison report for spring 2024 are availabe in Excel format. The county-level data file is available in CSV or Excel format.
At yearend 2020, an estimated 5,500,600 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems in the United States, 11% fewer than at the same time the previous year (figure 1).1 This was the first time since 1996 that the total correctional population dropped to less than 5.6 million.
View selected pre-formatted figures showing long-term trends in prison admissions, releases, and year-end populations, and the most recent data on characteristics of persons admitted to prison, released from prison, and in the year-end prison population.
23 paź 2024 · Imprisonment rate of sentenced prisoners in the United States under federal or state jurisdiction in 2022, by sex and ethnicity (per 100,000 residents)
1 gru 2021 · The prison populations of California, Texas, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons each declined by more than 22,500 from 2019 to 2020, accounting for 33% of the total prison population decrease. In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992.
