Prisoners in 2005

November 2006 Prisoners in 2005 The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, with the U.S. Census Bureau as its collection agent, obtains year-end and mid-year counts of prisoners from departments of correction in each of the 50 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) distinguishes prisoners in custody from those under jurisdiction. Prisoners under state jurisdiction may be in the custody of a local jail, another states prison, or other correctional facilities. Some states are unable to provide both custody and jurisdiction counts. Excluded from NPS counts are persons confined in . . .