Department of Justice
Required Supplementary Stewardship Information
Consolidated Stewardship Investments
For Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998

Between 1997 and 2001, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) funded the Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-In-Sentencing (VOI/TIS) Grant Program. Under VOI/TIS, federal resources were provided to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands on a multi-tiered formula basis. These resources were available for the purposes of building or expanding correctional facilities and jails to increase secure confinement space for violent offenders.

Although no funding was appropriated for VOI/TIS during 2002, OJP continued to track the number of new beds (1) brought on-line, (2) under construction, or (3) leased. For purposes of addressing stewardship data in the 2002 financial statements, OJP reports the following VOI/TIS status: at the close of 2002, a total of 34,266 new beds have been brought on-line, an additional 24,700 beds are under construction, and another 1,318 are being leased.

VOI/TIS funds are available for the following purposes:

• Build or expand correctional facilities to increase the bed capacity for the confinement of persons convicted of a Part 1 violent crime or adjudicated delinquent for an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a Part 1 violent crime. NOTE:� Part 1 violent crime includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports.
• Build or expand temporary or permanent correctional facilities, including facilities on military bases, prison barges, and boot camps, for the confinement of convicted nonviolent offenders and criminal aliens, for the purpose of freeing suitable existing prison space for the confinement� of persons convicted of a Part 1 violent crime.
• Build or expand jails.
• Additionally, since FY 1999, up to 10 percent of a State's VOI/TIS award may be applied to the costs of offender drug testing or intervention programs during periods of incarceration and post-incarceration criminal justice supervision and/or pay the costs of providing the required reports on prison drug use.