Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP)
Collects quarterly inmate death records from each of the nation's 50 state prison
systems, 50 state juvenile correctional authorities, and over 3,000 local jail
jurisdictions. In addition, this program collects quarterly records of all deaths
occurring during the process of arrest. Data are collected directly from state and
local law enforcement agencies.
Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)
Provides annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal
criminal cases. Information is acquired on all aspects of processing in the federal
justice system, including the number of persons investigated, prosecuted, convicted,
incarcerated, sentenced to probation, released pretrial, and under parole or other
supervision; initial prosecution decisions, referrals to magistrates, court
dispositions, sentencing outcomes, sentence length, and time served. The program
collects data from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), the Pretrial
Services Agency (PSA), the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), the U.S.
Sentencing Commission (USSC), and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
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