News Releases 2023

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News Releases 2023

12/29/2023

BJS Releases Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2020

12/21/2023

National Institute of Justice Special Report Summarizes Findings from Mass Shooting Research

12/19/2023

BJS Releases The National Crime Victimization Survey and National Incident-Based Reporting System: A Complementary Picture of Crime in 2022

12/18/2023

Local Jails Held 4% More People in 2022 Than in 2021

12/14/2023

Connecticut and Nebraska Rejoin OJJDP's Formula Grants Program, Receive More Than $1.2 Million To Improve Their Juvenile Justice Systems

12/13/2023

Justice Department Announces Funding Opportunities to Support Public Safety in Tribal Communities

12/11/2023

Justice Department Announces Release of Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap

12/7/2023

NIJ Announces New Forensic Science Grants at UT-Knoxville Event

11/30/2023

BJS Releases Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2023

11/30/2023

In 2022, Combined State and Federal Prisoner Population Increased for First Time in Almost a Decade

11/28/2023

National Institute of Justice Assesses the Impact of Forensic Science on Wrongful Convictions

11/17/2023

BJS Releases Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2021 – Statistical Tables

11/17/2023

BJS Releases Capital Punishment, 2021 – Statistical Tables

11/16/2023

Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and National Institute of Corrections Launch First of its Kind Resource to Assist Nation’s Jails in Providing Wrap-Around Services

11/14/2023

BJS Releases School Resource Officers, 2019–2020

11/8/2023

Readout of Justice Department Leadership’s Meetings with Law Enforcement and Community Leaders

11/7/2023

BJS Releases Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2019–2020

11/2/2023

Justice Department Announces New Nationwide Public Safety Commitments

11/1/2023

Justice Department Leaders Join Maryland Attorney General to Announce Hate Crime Grants

10/20/2023

Justice Department to Award More Than $96.7 Million in Grants to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

10/18/2023

Readout of Justice Department Officials Participation in IACP’s Annual Conference

10/17/2023

Justice Department Releases Report on Recommendations for Law Enforcement Agencies Facing Recruitment and Retention Challenges

10/16/2023

Readout of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Events at IACP’s Annual Conference

10/16/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Leadership Visit to Charleston to Announce Grant Awards

10/12/2023

In 2021, 1 in 10 persons had been victims of identity theft in the past 12 months

10/10/2023

BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2023

9/29/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Leadership Visit to Lowell, Massachusetts, to Announce Community Violence Intervention Grants

9/28/2023

Justice Department Awards Over $4.4 Billion To Support Community Safety

9/26/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Leadership Visit to Houston to Meet with Juvenile Justice Leaders

9/20/2023

BJS Releases Preliminary Statistics on Incarcerated Populations in 2022

9/18/2023

Readout of Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon’s Participation in Inaugural Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Grantee Meeting

9/14/2023

U.S. Nonfatal Violent Victimization Rate Returns to Prepandemic Levels

9/13/2023

BJS Releases Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022

9/11/2023

NIJ-Supported Research Reduces Sexual Assault DNA Processing Time

9/8/2023

Readout of Administrator Liz Ryan’s Visit to Baton Rouge to Announce Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant to Southern University Law Center

8/29/2023

Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon Delivers Remarks at the 2023 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program National Forum

8/29/2023

NIJ, FBOP Partner on Research to Reduce Restrictive Housing in Federal Prisons

8/10/2023

BJS Releases An Environmental Scan of Cybercrime Measurement: Recommendations for the National Crime Victimization Survey

8/8/2023

BJS Releases Assessing the Quality of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS)

7/31/2023

BJS Releases Survey of Prison Inmates Data Analysis Tool (SPI DAT)

7/31/2023

BJS Releases Reports on Tribal Law Enforcement and Tribal Data Collection Activities

7/31/2023

84% of Youth in Juvenile Facilities Reported Ever Using Drugs

7/27/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Hosting Changemakers: A Panel on Community Violence Intervention and Prevention on Capitol Hill

7/27/2023

NIJ Study Examines Long-Term Effects of Teen Dating Violence

7/21/2023

BJS Releases Violent Victimization by Race or Hispanic Origin, 2008–2021

7/19/2023

BJS Releases NCVS Redesign – Comparison of Interviewer and Web Survey Modes

7/13/2023

24% Fewer Persons Were in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses in 2018 Than in 2013

6/29/2023

BJS Releases Juveniles Incarcerated in U.S. Adult Jails and Prisons, 2002–2021

6/23/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Leadership Visit to Turbeville Correctional Institution

6/22/2023

Justice Department Releases New Tool to Manage Substance Withdrawals in Jails

6/20/2023

BJS Releases Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Operational Pilot Test and Split Sample

6/12/2023

Readout of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta's Trip to Chicago

6/15/2023

Readout from Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta’s Meeting with Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

6/13/2023

BJS Releases PREA Data Collection Activities, Calendar Year 2022

6/9/2023

Readout of Bureau of Justice Assistance Annual Convening of the Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab

5/30/2023

The Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Updates When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide

5/24/2023

Justice Department Observes National Missing Children’s Day

5/23/2023

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Will Honor Law Enforcement, ICAC Task Force at Missing Children’s Day Ceremony

5/19/2023

Number of Persons in Indian Country Jails Increases for Second Year

5/16/2023

National Institute of Justice Launches Challenge to Examine Community Perceptions of Law Enforcement

5/16/2023

BJS Releases Female Recruits in Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2018

5/2/2023

Amy L. Solomon sworn in as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs

4/28/2023

Over Half of Females Serving Time for a Violent Offense Were Arrested Within 5 Years of Release from Prison

4/28/2023

Justice Department Commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

4/24/2023

Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime Hosts Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 26, 7-8 P.M.

4/20/2023

BJS Releases Work Assignments Reported by Prisoners, 2016

4/20/2023

Justice Department Issues Dear Colleague Letter to Courts Regarding Fines and Fees for Youth and Adults

4/14/2023

77% of Persons Entering State Prison in 2014 Had Been Arrested 5 or More Times

4/12/2023

63% of Local Jail Jurisdictions Screened for Opioid Use Disorder at Intake; 19% Initiated Medication-assisted Treatment for OUD in 2019

4/6/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Leadership Participation in Miami Second Chance Month and Community Violence Intervention Events

3/31/2023

Juvenile Justice Administrators Reported Over 1,200 Youth-on-Youth and Nearly 500 Staff-on-Youth Substantiated Sexual Victimization Incidents in 2013―2018

3/16/2023

BJS Releases HIV in Prisons, 2021 – Statistical Tables

3/6/2023

Violent Victimization Rates Exceeded the National Rate in 3 of the 22 Most Populous U.S. States During 2017–19; 7 States had Lower Rates

2/28/2023

Readout of Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon’s Participation in Gun Violence Prevention Forum

2/28/2023

BJS Releases Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016

2/28/2023

OJP awards $4 million to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program

2/27/2023

National Institute of Justice Examines Link Between Location of Terrorists and Risk of Terrorism

2/23/2023

U.S. Correctional Population Continued to Decline in 2021

2/14/2023

Justice Department Announces Over $200 Million in Investments in State Crisis Intervention

2/14/2023

National Institute of Justice Gives Overview of Forensic Intelligence Approaches to Data-Driven Policing

1/31/2023

Adult Correctional Authorities Reported Over 2,600 Inmate-on-Inmate and 2,200 Staff-on-Inmate Substantiated Sexual Victimizations in 2016–2018

1/30/2023

National Institute of Justice Examines Need for Racial and Ethnic Equity in School Safety Approaches

1/27/2023

Readout of Office of Justice Programs Meeting With Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Leaders to Promote the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

1/26/2023

President Biden Taps New York State Judge to Lead Justice Department’s SMART Office

1/25/2023

BJS Releases Victim Service Providers in U.S. Counties, 2017