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The Corrections Unit collects data on special topics of interest for the prison inmate population through administrative records and inmate interviews (See Prison Data Sources for more information). Special topic publications focus on issues such as: female offenders, juvenile offenders, non-citizens in prison, mental health and treatment of prisoners, medical problems and treatment of prisoners, HIV/AIDS prevalence amongst the prison population, substance and treatment abuse available to prisoners, incarcerated veterans, incarcerated parents, deaths in prisons, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), and capital punishment.
Much of the data for these topics is collected periodically, and reports are updated as resources allow. BJS must strike a balance between researching new areas while sustaining the long-term collections and reports.
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PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review of the incidence and effects of prison rape in randomly selected federal, state, and county correctional facilities. | |
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Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series |
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PREA Data Collection Activities, 2009 The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) (P.L. 108-79) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape. BJS has developed a multiple-measure, multiple-mode data collection strategy to fully implement requirements under PREA. | |
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Part of the PREA Data Collection Activities Series |
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Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children Presents data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities about inmates who were parents and their minor children. | |
Press Release | PDF (175K) | ASCII file (38K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 22K) | To order paper version
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Medical Problems of Prisoners Presents findings on state and federal prisoners who reported a current medical problem, a physical or mental impairment, a dental problem, or an injury since admission based on data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. | |
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Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prisons Reported by Inmates, 2007 Presents data from the National Inmate Survey, 2007, conducted in 146 State and Federal prisons between April and August 2007, with a sample of 23,398 inmates. | |
Press Release | PDF (419K) | ASCII file (42K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 39K)
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HIV in Prisons, 2005 Provides the number of HIV-infection and confirmed AIDS cases among state and federal prisoners at yearend 2005. | |
Press Release | PDF (152K) | ASCII file (28K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 22K) | To order paper version
Part of the HIV in Prisons and Jails Series |
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Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006 Presents data from the Survey on Sexual Violence, 2006, an administrative records collection of incidents of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate sexual violence reported to correctional authorities. | |
Press Release | PDF (357K) | ASCII file (33K) | Spreadsheet (22K) | To order paper version
Part of the Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities Series |
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Veterans in State and Federal Prison, 2004 Presents data on the military and criminal backgrounds of incarcerated veterans, uses new measures to describe their substance abuse and dependence histories, and provides a detailed measure of their mental health problems. | |
Press Release | PDF (152K) | ASCII file (28K) | ZIP Format (Spreadsheet 22K) | Codebooks and Datasets | To order paper version
Part of the Veterans in State and Federal Prisons Series |
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Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004 Describes the specific medical conditions causing deaths in state prisons nationwide during a four-year period. | |
Press Release | PDF (287K) | ASCII file (16K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 18K) | To order paper version
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HIV in Prisons, 2004 Provides the number of HIV-infection and confirmed AIDS cases among state and federal prisoners at yearend 2004. | |
Press Release | PDF (244K) | ASCII file (21K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 17K) | To order paper version
Part of the HIV in Prisons and Jails Series |
HIV in Prisons, 2006 - Statistical Tables This web page provides the number of state and federal inmates who were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or had confirmed AIDS at yearend. | |
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HIV in Prisons, 1998 - Statistical Tables This web page provides the number of state and federal inmates who were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or had confirmed AIDS at yearend. | |
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Terms & Definitions |
Federal prisons | Prison facilities run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Prisoners housed in these facilities are under the legal authority of the federal government. This definition excludes the private facilities that are under exclusive contract with BOP. |
Prisoners | Prisoners are inmates confined in long-term facilities run by the state or federal government or private agencies. They are typically felons who have received a sentence of incarceration of 1 year or more. (Sentence length may vary by state because a few states have one integrated prison system in which both prison and jail inmates are confined in the same types of facilities.) |
Private prisons | Prison facilities run by private prison corporations whose services and beds are contracted out by state governments or the Federal Bureau of Prisons. |
State prisons | Prison facilities run by state correctional authorities. Prisoners housed in these facilities are under the legal authority of the state government and generally serving a term of more than 1 year. |
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