February 2020 in Review

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BJS MIR February 2020
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Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2016 – Statistical Tables

This report is the eighth in a series covering the data collection on Mortality in Correctional Institutions for prisoners. It provides the number and rates of deaths among state and federal prisoners. It describes the cause of death, decedent characteristics, and 15-year trends of prisoner deaths (2001-2016).

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Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2016 – Statistical Tables

This report is the eighth in a series covering the data collection on Mortality in Correctional Institutions for jail inmates. It presents counts and rates of deaths that occurred in the custody of local jails. It describes deaths by selected decedent characteristics, jurisdiction, cause of death, and trends over time.

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BJS featured


Featured on the BJS website: State and federal imprisonment rate and the U.S. violent crime rate, 1985-2017

Data are from BJS’s Prisoners in 2017 and the FBI’s Crime in the United States.

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BJS 60-day notice


The following data collection is open for public comments:

  • Annual Survey of Jails

    Comments on the proposed reinstatement and update of this data collection will be accepted until March 27, 2020.


BJS solicitations


BJS is now accepting applications for the following funding opportunities:


BJS data tables


2017 and 2018 data added to the Tribal Crime in the United States Extracts

These data tables present summary counts of violent and property crimes reported to tribal law enforcement agencies by state and year, including—

  • overall violent crime, murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault
  • overall property crime, burglary, larceny-theft, motor-vehicle theft, and arson.

Findings are based on data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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BJS data collections


The following datasets have been released through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data: