Federal Bureau of Prisons
2023 Review and Validation of the Federal Bureau of Prison Needs Assessment System
2023 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
De-escalation Training: What Works, Implementation Lessons, and Taking It to Scale; Plenary at the 2023 NIJ Research Conference
Supporting Women’s Reentry from Incarceration: Discussing Promising Practices & Future Research
Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment: A Test of Predictive Strength, Dynamic Validity, and Racial/Ethnic Neutrality
Improving Employment Outcomes for the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Returning Citizens
FY 2022 Report for Committees on Appropriations Native Hawaiians in the Criminal Justice System
The Effectiveness of Prison Programming: A Review of the Research Literature Examining the Impact of Federal, State, and Local Inmate Programming on Post-Release Recidivism
Stakeholder Statements Submitted in Response to the Department of Justice's Continued Review and Refinement of PATTERN
NIJ’s Role Under the First Step Act
The First Step Act of 2018 (the Act) aims to reform the federal prison system and reduce recidivism.
NIJ plays a key role in major components of the Act and will assist the Attorney General in —
- Assessing the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ existing risk and needs assessment system.
- Developing and evaluating a...
First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System
First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System
Collaborative Innovations Will Lead Corrections Into the Future
The Attorney General's First Step Act Section 3634 Annual Report December 2020
First Step Act Annual Report (April 2022)
Predicting Recidivism: Continuing To Improve the Bureau of Prisons' Risk Assessment Tool, PATTERN
Tailoring to a Mandate: The Development and Validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)
2021 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool
Census of Jails (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The 2019 Census of Jails (COJ) is part of a series of data collections that studies the nation's local jails and the 12 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) detention facilities that function as jails. The 2019 COJ collected data necessary for producing estimates on local jail populations, including one-day custody counts by sex, race and Hispanic origin, conviction status, and severity of offense (felony and...
Inventory of State and Federal Corrections Information Systems (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
This survey summarizes the data elements maintained by state and federal corrections information systems that track adult, sentenced persons, and assesses the severity of obstacles in reporting statistical information. Two instruments, an Inventory Questionnaire and an Obstacles Survey, were mailed to Departments of Correction in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.