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    • Prison Rape Elimination Act Data Series

    Metadata Updated: November 14, 2025

    The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects and analyzes data on the incidence and effects of sexual violence in prisons and jails. The data, in various datasets, are collected from individuals currently and formerly in federal, state, county, and municipal facilities. The data are collected using a multiple-measure, multiple-mode data collection strategy. Data sets in this series include surveys and other statistical studies, including the National Inmate Survey (NIS), the Former Prisoner Survey (FPS), and the National Survey of Youth in Custody (NSYC).

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    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 18, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2025
    Publisher Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier 2442
    Data First Published 2011-11-11T14:34:54
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2021-09-27T08:18:09
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://www.justice.gov/data.json
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Collection Metadata true
    Harvest Object Id 78c081e7-0cb9-4b4b-ad6e-6e473455e5d4
    Harvest Source Id 3290e90a-116f-42fc-86ac-e65521ef3b68
    Harvest Source Title DOJ JSON
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 011:061
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b8355e63e47d747124b9e07dd410c60029d906f06a1a502548f35230d3a3556e
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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