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• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 04, 2008 at 09:18 AM

This data collection, conducted in a federal penitentiary and prison camp in Terre Haute, Indiana, between September 1986 and July 1988, was undertaken to examine the reliability and validity...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: February 09, 1996 at 12:00 AM

The objectives of this study were (1) to compare long-term patterns of violent crime for mentally disordered patients and for prison inmates, and (2) to evaluate the predictive validity of...

• V3

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: September 15, 2021 at 01:51 PM

To fulfill part of its mission, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducted the Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI), a national, wide-ranging survey of prisoners age 18 or older who were...

• V4

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: May 31, 2022 at 03:13 PM

Investigator(s): Bureau of Justice Statistics These data collections provide annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated...

• FILE

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 16, 2021 at 11:02 AM

Investigator(s): United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics Produces annual national- and state-level data on the number of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities. Aggregate data are...

• FILE

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 29, 2009 at 01:08 PM

The goal of this study was to conduct a national empirical assessment of post-release employment and recidivism effects based on legislative intent for inmates participating in Prison Industries...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 08, 2011 at 12:00 PM

This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and prisoners whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-2009. Information...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 10, 2008 at 03:21 PM

In 1996, the United States Congress enacted two policies to regulate the use of the legal system by state prisoners. They were the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and the Antiterrorism...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2006 at 12:00 AM

For this program evaluation, which utilized a randomized field experiment, two separate substudies were conducted: one investigated the "front door" Intensive Community Supervision...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: April 23, 2010 at 05:19 PM

The purpose of this study was to gather data on prisoners entering and leaving the custody or supervision of state and federal authorities. Data refer to prisoners who were admitted to...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Work release programs allow selected prisoners nearing the end of their terms to work in the community, returning to correctional facilities or community residential facilities in nonworking ...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 01, 2012 at 10:17 AM

The National Corrections Reporting Program gathers data on prisoners entering and leaving the custody or supervision of state and federal authorities. The dataset is comprised of four types of...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: December 17, 2020 at 09:42 AM

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1973-2012 provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death, as well as those who had their sentences commuted or vacated and prisoners who were...

• V2

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a reliable and accurate method for measuring the effectiveness of offender classification systems to improve the management of ...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM

This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and prisoners whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-2007. Information...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: November 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM

This data collection provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death and on those whose offense sentences were commuted or vacated during the period 1973-1992. Information is...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: June 25, 2013 at 10:59 AM

The National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data collection began in 1926 in response to a congressional mandate to gather information on persons incarcerated in state and federal prisons. Originally...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: January 12, 2006 at 12:00 AM

This study investigates the relationship between mental disorder and violent behavior. Detailed interviews were conducted with inmates in the North Carolina prison system. Each respondent was...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 13, 2014 at 11:22 AM

The National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) compiles offender-level data on yearend custody population, admissions and releases from state and federal prisons and post-confinement community...

• V1

• Organization: Department of Justice
• Dataset Last Updated: March 30, 2022 at 03:12 PM

The Urban Institute and the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MnDOC) attempted to improve the surveillance system in two state correctional facilities: Stillwater (STW) and Moose Lake (ML). The...

• V1