Corrections
According to a study by OJP’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, approximately 7.1 million men and women were under adult correctional supervision in the nation’s prisons or jails or on probation or parole at yearend 2010. About 70 percent (4.9 million) of the adults under correctional supervision at yearend 2010 were supervised in the community (either probation or parole) while 30 percent (2.2 million) were incarcerated in the nation’s prisons or jails. At yearend 2010, approximately one in every 33 adult U.S. residents was under community supervision or incarcerated. An estimated 962 inmates per 100,000 adult U.S. residents were incarcerated in state or federal prison or in local jails at yearend 2010. (Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Correctional Population in the United States, 2010, December 2011)
Funding Opportunities
Visit the following sites to learn about corrections-related funding opportunities from OJP bureaus and other Federal sources:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): Funding
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Funding
- Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART): Funding Opportunities
- Grants.gov
See the OJP Open Solicitations page to learn more about opportunities and to access archived solicitations.
Programs/Initiatives
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): Corrections Programs
- National Reentry Resource Center
- Prison Rape Elimination Act
- Public Safety Officers’ Benefit
Also see the Corrections & Reentry page on OJP’s CrimeSolutions.gov for ratings of related programs.
Publications and Resources
Access related publications and resources from OJP and its bureaus by visiting:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): Corrections
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Corrections
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Corrections
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): Corrections/Detention
- Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART)
For additional resources, visit the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) site:
- Corrections
- Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database
Training and Technical Assistance
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA): National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC)
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS): Justice Events
- National Institute of Corrections (NIC): Training
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Training
- National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)