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Appendix 1: The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

Appendix 2: National Prisoner Statistics Program: NPS-1B 2025 data collection form

Appendix 3: National Prisoner Statistics Program: NPS-1B(T) 2025 data collection
form

Appendix 4: Bibliography of works citing the National Prisoner Statistics Program
from January 2024 to present

Appendix 5: 60-day federal register notice

Appendix 6: 30-day federal register notice

Appendix 7: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Email to survey respondents and
letter from BJS to accompany the 2025 data collection form

Appendix 8: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Screenshots of 2024 NPS-1B
secure web data collection tool

Appendix 9: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Non-response follow-up email

Appendix 1: The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
DERIVATION
Title I
THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968
(Public Law 90-351)
42 U.S.C. § 3711, et seq.
AN ACT to assist State and local governments in reducing the incidence of crime, to increase the effectiveness,
fairness, and coordination of law enforcement and criminal justice systems at all levels of government, and for other
purposes.
As Amended By
THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1970
(Public Law 91-644)
THE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1973
(Public Law 93-83)
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT OF 1974
(Public Law 93-415)
THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ BENEFITS ACT OF 1976
(Public Law 94-430)
THE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1976
(Public Law 94-503)
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1979
(Public Law 96-157)
THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1984
(Public Law 98-473)
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1986
(Public Law 99-570-Subtitle K)
THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988
TITLE VI, SUBTITLE C - STATE AND LOCAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
AND JUSTICE ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS
(Public Law 100-690)
THE CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990
(Public Law 101-647)
BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT
(Public Law 103-159)
VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1994
(Public Law 103-322)
NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ACT OF 1993, AS AMENDED
(Public Law 103-209)
and
CRIME IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1998
(Public Law 105-251)

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
CHAPTER 46 - SUBCHAPTER III
[TITLE I - PART C]
42 USC § 3731

[Sec. 301.] Statement of purpose

It is the purpose of this subchapter [part] to provide for and encourage the collection and analysis of
statistical information concerning crime, juvenile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice
system and related aspects of the civil justice system and to support the development of information and
statistical systems at the Federal, State, and local levels to improve the efforts of these levels of government
to measure and understand the levels of crime, juvenile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal
justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system. The Bureau shall utilize to the maximum
extent feasible State governmental organizations and facilities responsible for the collection and analysis of
criminal justice data and statistics. In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter [part], the Bureau shall
give primary emphasis to the problems of State and local justice systems.
42 USC § 3732

[Sec. 302.] Bureau of Justice Statistics

(a) Establishment. There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the
Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter [part] as
“Bureau”).
(b) Appointment of Director; experience; authority; restrictions. The Bureau shall be headed by a Director
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall have had
experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall report to the Attorney General
through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that
of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization,
agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
(c) Duties and functions of Bureau. The Bureau is authorized to–
(1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies,
institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals for purposes related
to this subchapter [part]; grants shall be made subject to continuing compliance with standards for
gathering justice statistics set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director;
(2) collect and analyze information concerning criminal victimization, including crimes against the
elderly, and civil disputes;
(3) collect and analyze data that will serve as a continuous and comparable national social
indication of the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attributes of crime, juvenile
delinquency, civil disputes, and other statistical factors related to crime, civil disputes, and
juvenile delinquency, in support of national, State, and local justice policy and decision making;
(4) collect and analyze statistical information, concerning the operations of the criminal justice
system at the Federal, State, and local levels;
(5) collect and analyze statistical information concerning the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent,
distribution, and attributes of crime, and juvenile delinquency, at the Federal, State, and local
levels;
(6) analyze the correlates of crime, civil disputes and juvenile delinquency, by the use of statistical
information, about criminal and civil justice systems at the Federal, State, and local levels, and
about the extent, distribution and attributes of crime, and juvenile delinquency, in the Nation and
at the Federal, State, and local levels;
(7) compile, collate, analyze, publish, and disseminate uniform national statistics concerning all
aspects of criminal justice and related aspects of civil justice, crime, including crimes against the
elderly, juvenile delinquency, criminal offenders, juvenile delinquents, and civil disputes in the
various States;
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(8) recommend national standards for justice statistics and for insuring the reliability and validity
of justice statistics supplied pursuant to this chapter [title];
(9) maintain liaison with the judicial branches of the Federal and State Governments in matters
relating to justice statistics, and cooperate with the judicial branch in assuring as much uniformity
as feasible in statistical systems of the executive and judicial branches;
(10) provide information to the President, the Congress, the judiciary, State and local
governments, and the general public on justice statistics;
(11) establish or assist in the establishment of a system to provide State and local governments
with access to Federal informational resources useful in the planning, implementation, and
evaluation of programs under this Act;
(12) conduct or support research relating to methods of gathering or analyzing justice statistics;
(13) provide for the development of justice information systems programs and assistance to the
States and units of local government relating to collection, analysis, or dissemination of justice
statistics;
(14) develop and maintain a data processing capability to support the collection, aggregation,
analysis and dissemination of information on the incidence of crime and the operation of the
criminal justice system;
(15) collect, analyze and disseminate comprehensive Federal justice transaction statistics
(including statistics on issues of Federal justice interest such as public fraud and high technology
crime) and to provide technical assistance to and work jointly with other Federal agencies to
improve the availability and quality of Federal justice data;
(16) provide for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication and dissemination of
information and statistics about the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution and attributes
of drug offenses, drug related offenses and drug dependent offenders and further provide for the
establishment of a national clearinghouse to maintain and update a comprehensive and timely data
base on all criminal justice aspects of the drug crisis and to disseminate such information;
(17) provide for the collection, analysis, dissemination and publication of statistics on the
condition and progress of drug control activities at the Federal, State and local levels with
particular attention to programs and intervention efforts demonstrated to be of value in the overall
national anti- drug strategy and to provide for the establishment of a national clearinghouse for the
gathering of data generated by Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies on their drug
enforcement activities;
(18) provide for the development and enhancement of State and local criminal justice information
systems, and the standardization of data reporting relating to the collection, analysis or
dissemination of data and statistics about drug offenses, drug related offenses, or drug dependent
offenders;
(19) provide for research and improvements in the accuracy, completeness, and inclusiveness of
criminal history record information, information systems, arrest warrant, and stolen vehicle record
information and information systems and support research concerning the accuracy, completeness,
and inclusiveness of other criminal justice record information;
(20) maintain liaison with State and local governments and governments of other nations
concerning justice statistics;
(21) cooperate in and participate with national and international organizations in the development
of uniform justice statistics;
(22) ensure conformance with security and privacy requirement of section 3789g of this title and
identify, analyze, and participate in the development and implementation of privacy, security and
information policies which impact on Federal and State criminal justice operations and related
statistical activities; and
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(23) exercise the powers and functions set out in subchapter VIII [part H] of this chapter [title].
(d) Justice statistical collection, analysis, and dissemination. To insure that all justice statistical collection,
analysis, and dissemination is carried out in a coordinated manner, the Director is authorized to–
(1) utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment, records, personnel, information, and
facilities of other Federal, State, local, and private agencies and instrumentalities with or without
reimbursement therefore, and to enter into agreements with such agencies and instrumentalities for
purposes of data collection and analysis;
(2) confer and cooperate with State, municipal, and other local agencies;
(3) request such information, data, and reports from any Federal agency as may be required to
carry out the purposes of this chapter [title];
(4) seek the cooperation of the judicial branch of the Federal Government in gathering data from
criminal justice records; and
(5) encourage replication, coordination and sharing among justice agencies regarding information
systems, information policy, and data.
(e) Furnishing of information, data, or reports by Federal agencies. Federal agencies requested to furnish
information, data, or reports pursuant to subsection (d)(3) of this section shall provide such information to
the Bureau as is required to carry out the purposes of this section.
(f) Consultation with representatives of State and local government and judiciary. In recommending
standards for gathering justice statistics under this section, the Director shall consult with representatives of
State and local government, including, where appropriate, representatives of the judiciary.
42 USC § 3733

[Sec. 303.] Authority for 100 per centum grants

A grant authorized under this subchapter [part] may be up to 100 per centum of the total cost of each
project for which such grant is made. The Bureau shall require, whenever feasible as a condition of
approval of a grant under this subchapter [part], that the recipient contribute money, facilities, or services to
carry out the purposes for which the grant is sought.
42 USC § 3735

[Sec. 304.] Use of data

Data collected by the Bureau shall be used only for statistical or research purposes, and shall be gathered in
a manner that precludes their use for law enforcement or any purpose relating to a particular individual
other than statistical or research purposes.

Appendix 2: National Prisoner Statistics Program: NPS-1B 2025 data collection form

NPS-1B
RETURN
TO

Abt Global
National Prisoner Statistics
Survey
10 Fawcett Street Cambridge,
MA 02138

OMB No. 1121-0102: Approval Expires 01/31/2026

NPS-1B

FORM
(1-31-2026)

National Prisoner Statistics
Summary of Sentenced
Population Movement 2025

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

ABT GLOBAL

DATA SUPPLIED BY
Title

NAME

TELEPHONE

Area Code Number

Extension

FAX
NUMBER

Area Code Number

E-MAIL ADDRESS

GENERAL INFORMATION
• If you have any questions, contact the Abt Global NPS Project Director, Melissa Nadel, PhD (617-520-3005 or
Melissa.Nadel@abtglobal.com) or the BJS NPS Program Manager, Derek Mueller (202-353-5216 or
Derek.Mueller@usdoj.gov).
• Please complete the questionnaire before February 28, 2026 by using nps.abtassociates.com, by emailing a scanned copy of the
form to Melissa.Nadel@abtglobal.com, by mailing the completed form to Abt Global at the address above, or by FAXing all pages
to 1-617-218-4500.
• Please retain a copy of the completed form for your records.
What types of inmates are included? Inmates
under your jurisdiction on December 31, 2025
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in your prison facilities (e.g., prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; boot
camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; release centers, halfway houses, and road camps; forestry and
conservation camps; vocational training facilities; prison hospitals; and drug and alcohol treatment facilities for prisoners).
• INCLUDE inmates who are temporarily absent (less than 30 days), out to court, or on work release.
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in local jails, private facilities, and other States’ or Federal facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates in your facilities who are serving a sentence for your jurisdiction and another jurisdiction at the same time.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in your facilities for another jurisdiction.
Inmates under your custody on December 31, 2025
• INCLUDE all inmates held in your facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates housed in your facilities for other jurisdictions.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and facilities in other jurisdictions.

BURDEN STATEMENT
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, we cannot ask you to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6.5 hours per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspects of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC 20531; and to the Office of Management
and Budget, OMB No. 1121-0102, Washington, DC 20503.

REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS
• If you are unable to report an item using NPS definitions and reporting criteria, describe the definitions or
criteria you used in the NOTES section.
• If your jurisdiction, by law or regulation, cannot have the type of inmate described by an item, write "NA" (Not
Applicable) in the space provided.
• If your jurisdiction had the type of inmate but you are unable to determine the number separately by item, report
the combined count in one item, write "NR" (Not Reported) in the remaining items, and specify in NOTES.
• If your jurisdiction can have the type of inmate described, but did not have any during
December 31, 2025, enter "0" (Zero) in the space provided.

SECTION I – YEAR-END PRISON COUNTS
1. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your
custody —
Data reported for December 31, 2024

• Exclude inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and
facilities in other jurisdictions.
• Include inmates held in any public facility run by your state,
including halfway houses, camps, farms, training/treatment
centers, and hospitals.

a. Had a total maximum
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with
consecutive sentences that add to
more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 1a to 1c)

Mark (X) this box if custody numbers for 2024 are not
comparable to 2023. Explain in NOTES.

2. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction —
a. Had a total maximum
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with
consecutive sentences that add to
more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Male

Female
Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 2a to 2c)

Mark (X) this box if jurisdiction numbers for 2024 are not
comparable to 2023. Explain in NOTES.

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FORM NPS-1B (1-31-2026)

Data reported for December 31, 2024

3. On December 31, 2025 how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in a privately operated
correctional facility —
• Exclude inmates housed in any publicly operated facility, even
if under contract.
• Include inmates housed in any privately operated halfway
houses, treatment facilities, hospitals, or other special facility.
Male

Female

Male

Female
Update as needed

a. In your State

b. In another State
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

1
2

Yes
No

(If item 3c is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)

4. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in local facilities operated by
a county or other local authority?
• Exclude inmates housed in privately operated facilities
(reported in items 3a and 3b).
• Include inmates housed in local facilities under contract or other
arrangement.
Male
Female

Male

Female

a. TOTAL

Update as needed

(If "0" (zero), skip to item 5.)
b. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 4b is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)

5. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed —
• Exclude inmates housed in privately operated facilities
(reported in items 3a and 3b) and inmates housed in local jails
(reported in item 4a).
Male
Female

Male

Female
Update as needed

a. In Federal facilities
b. In other States’ facilities —
• Include only those inmates housed in State-operated
facilities in other States.
Male
Female

Male

Female
Update as needed

(If "0" (zero) in items 5a and 5b, skip to item 6.)
Male
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?
Yes
1
No
2

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 5c is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)
FORM NPS-1B (1-31-2026)

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SECTION I – YEAR-END PRISON COUNTS – Continued

7. Between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025,
how many inmates sentenced to more than 1 year
under your jurisdiction were admitted as —
Male
Female
a. New court commitments
(Include probation violators
entering prison on probated
sentence, split sentences, and!
shock probation.)

6. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were —
Female
Male
a. White (not of Hispanic origin.)
b. Black or African American
(not of Hispanic origin.)

b. Parole violators —
c. Hispanic or Latino

(1) with a new sentence

d. American Indian/Alaska
Native (not of Hispanic origin.)

(2) without a new sentence
(Include violators returned
without a new sentence, those
held pending a hearing, and
those not formally revoked.)

e. Asian (not of Hispanic origin.)

c. Other conditional release
violators (Include returns
from mandatory release other than
parole.)

f. Native Hawaiian or other
Pacific Islander (not of
Hispanic origin.)

(1) with a new sentence

g. Two or more races (not of
Hispanic origin.)
h. Additional categories in
your information system –
Specify

(2) without a new sentence
d. Transfers from other
jurisdictions (Include inmates
received from other jurisdictions to
continue sentences already in
force.)

i. Not known

e. AWOL returns, with or
without new sentences

j. TOTAL (Sum of items 6a to 6i
should equal item 2d)

f. Escapee returns, with or
without new sentences
g. Returns from appeal or bond
(Include all inmates reinstated after
long-term absences of more than
30 days.)

SECTION II – ADMISSIONS AND RELEASES
DURING 2025

h. Other admissions – Specify
Reporting Instructions

• Include only those inmates with a total maximum sentence of
more than 1 year.
• Include inmates under your jurisdiction, regardless of where
they are housed.

i. TOTAL
(Sum of items 7a to 7h)

• Exclude short-term movements (less than 30 days) where
jurisdiction is retained (e.g., to court and on furlough.)
• Escapees include inmates that were physically within facility
boundaries at time of disappearance
• AWOLs include inmates that were physically outside facility
boundaries at time of disappearance, example-work release

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FORM NPS-1B (1-31-2026)

8. Between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025,
how many inmates sentenced to more than 1 year
under your jurisdiction were released as—
a. Unconditional releases
(1) Expirations of sentence
(Include inmates who served
their maximum sentence
minus credits.)

Male

9. How many inmates with a total maximum sentence of
more than one year were —
Male
Female

a. Under your jurisdiction on
January 1, 2025

Female

b. Admitted during 2025
(Transcribe from item 7i)

(2) Commutations (Include
inmates whose sentence was
lowered to time served to
allow for an immediate
unconditional release.)

c. Released during 2025
(Transcribe item 8i)
d. Under your jurisdiction on
December 31, 2025
(Add items 9a and 9b, subtract
item 9c, should equal item 2a.)

(3) Other unconditional
releases – Specify

SECTION III – PRISON SYSTEM CAPACITY
b. Conditional releases
(1) Probations (Include
inmates released on shock
probation or placed on
probation and conditionally
released.)

10. On December 31, 2025, what was the capacity of
your prison system? (Exclude capacity of private facilities.)
Male
Female
a. Rated capacity (The number
of beds or inmates assigned by
rating officials to institutions
within your jurisdiction.)

(2) Supervised mandatory
releases (Include inmates
who by law had to be
conditionally released.)

b. Operational capacity (The
number of inmates that can be
accommodated based on staff,
existing programs, and services
in institutions within your
jurisdiction.)

(3) Discretionary paroles

c. Design capacity (The number
of inmates that planners or
architects intended for all
institutions within your
jurisdiction.)

(4) Other conditional
releases – Specify

SECTION IV – SPECIAL CUSTODY POPULATIONS
c. Deaths

d. AWOLs

e. Escapes from confinement

11. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates in your
custody, plus those held in private prisons, were under
age 18?
Male
Female

12. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates in your
custody, plus those held in private prisons, were
Male

f. Transfers to other
jurisdictions (Include inmates
sent to other jurisdictions to
continue sentences already in
force.)

Female

U. S. Citizens
Non-U.S. Citizens
Unknown Citizenship
13. On what total population is your count of citizens and
non-citizens based? (please check only one):

g. Releases to appeal or bond
h. Other releases – Specify

Prisoners in our physical custody AND private prisons
(Q1d+Q3)
Prisoners in our physical custody only (no private prisons)
(Q1d)
Prisoners under our jurisdiction (Q2d)

i. TOTAL
(Sum of items 8a to 8h)
FORM NPS-1B (1-31-2026)

Some other total population
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SECTION VI – NOTES
Please review last year’s explanatory notes and make any corrections, additions, or deletions necessary for 2025.
Please mark (X) box to indicate that you have reviewed and updated the notes.

FORM NPS-1B (1-31-2026)

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Appendix 3: National Prisoner Statistics Program: NPS-1B(T) 2025 data collection form

NPS-1B(T)
Abt Global
RETURN National Prisoner Statistics Survey
10 Fawcett Street
TO
Cambridge, MA 02138

OMB No. 1121-0102: Approval Expires 01/31/2026

NPS-1B(T)

FORM
(1-31-2023)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Prisoner Statistics
Prison Population Report
2025

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

ABT GLOBAL

DATA SUPPLIED BY
Title

NAME
Area Code Number
TELEPHONE

Extension

FAX
NUMBER

Area Code Number

E-MAIL ADDRESS

GENERAL INFORMATION
• If you have any questions, contact the BJS NPS Program Manager, Derek Mueller (202-353-5216) or
derek.mueller@usdoj.gov).
• Please submit the completed questionnaire by emailing a scanned copy of the form to derek.muller@usdoj.gov.
• Please retain a copy of the completed form for your records.

Who does this survey cover?
This survey covers all sentenced and unsentenced inmates under your jurisdiction on December 31, 2025,
regardless of the location of the inmates.
• INCLUDE inmates under your Territory’s/Commonwealth’s jurisdiction held in your prison facilities (e.g., prisons, penitentiaries and!
correctional institutions; reception, diagnostic and classification centers; half-way houses, treatment centers, release centers, work farms,!
bootcamps, and prison farms).
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction backed up in local jails or held in another jurisdiction’s facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates who are temporarily absent (less than 30 days), out to court, or on work release.
• INCLUDE inmates who are serving a sentence for your Territory/Commonwealth and another jurisdiction at the same time in your facilities.
• EXCLUDE pre-trial detainees and other inmates held in your Territory’s/Commonwealth’s facilities for another jurisdiction.
This survey covers all sentenced and unsentenced inmates in your custody on December 31, 2025.
• INCLUDE your jurisdiction’s inmates and inmates your Territory/Commonwealth housed for other jurisdictions who were physically located in
your prison facilities on December 31, 2025.
• EXCLUDE your Territory’s/Commonwealth’s inmates held outside of your prison facilities.

INSTRUCTIONS
•
•
•
•
•

Please do not leave any item blank.
If the answer to a question is "not available" or "unknown," write "DK" in the space provided.
If the answer to a question is "not applicable" write "NA" in the space provided.
If the answer to a question is "none" or "zero," write "0" in the space provided.
Please give the name, title, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the person filling out the report in the space
provided above.
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SECTION I – YEAR-END JURISDICTION COUNTS
1. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your jurisdiction–
Please do not count any inmates in more than one category.
• Include all inmates for whom your Territory/Commonwealth
government has the legal authority and responsibility for the
enforcement of their prison sentence, regardless of their location.
December 31, 2025

a. Had a total maximum sentence of more than 1 year?
• Include inmates serving consecutive sentences that add
to more than 1 year.
• Include inmates serving concurrent sentences in which
the sentence for the most serious offense is more than
1 year.

Male

Female

December 31, 2024
(If Available)
Male

Female

b. Had a total maximum sentence of 1 year or less?

c. Were unsentenced?
d. TOTAL
(Sum of Items 1a through 1c)
2. How complete are the counts in item 1, above? Mark (X) one.
Complete count —
Partial count —

The figures are based on actual counts of all inmates under your jurisdiction.
The figures are based on actual counts of inmates under your jurisdiction but exclude certain types of
inmates who should be included in the counts (e.g., inmates housed in other jurisdictions, facilities due to
crowding). Please identify the types of inmates excluded in Section V on page 4.

Estimate —

The figures are based on estimates rather than actual counts of inmates under your jurisdiction. Please
identify which items were estimated, and how the estimates were derived in Section V on page 4.

SECTION II – YEAR-END CUSTODY COUNTS
3. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your custody–
Please do not count any inmates in more than one category.
• Include all inmates who are physically located in your Territorial
facilities only, including those your Territory housed for another jurisdiction.
December 31, 2025

Male

Female

December 31, 2024
(If Available)
Male

Female

b. Had a total maximum sentence of 1 year or less?

c. Were unsentenced?
d. TOTAL
(Sum of Items 3a through 3c)
4. How complete are the counts in item 3, above? Mark (X) one.

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Complete count —
Partial count —

The figures are based on actual counts of all inmates under your custody.
The figures are based on actual counts of inmates in your custody but exclude certain types of inmates
who should be included in the counts (e.g., inmates from another jurisdiction housed in your facilities).
Please identify the types of inmates excluded in Section V on page 4.

Estimate —

The figures are based on estimates rather than actual counts of inmates in your custody. Please identify
which items were estimated, and how the estimates were derived in Section V on page 4.
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FORM NPS-1B(T) (1-31-2026)

SECTION III – RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION
5. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates under your jurisdiction–
December 31, 2025
Please do not count any inmates in more than one category.
• Include all inmates for whom your Territory/Commonwealth
government has the legal authority and responsibility for the
enforcement of their prison sentence, regardless of their location.

Male

Female

December 31, 2024
(If Available)
Male

Female

a. White (not of Hispanic origin)

b. Black (not of Hispanic origin)
c. Hispanic or Latino (If your system records indicate Hispanic origin
separately from race, enter "NR" in item 5c and report count in
NOTES.)
d. American Indian/Alaska Native
(not of Hispanic origin)

e. Asian (not of Hispanic origin)
f. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
(not of Hispanic origin)

g. Two or more races (not of Hispanic origin)
h. Additional categories in
your information system – Specify

i. Not known
j. TOTAL
(Sum of 5a through 5i)

SECTION IV – CROWDING AND CAPACITY
6. a. On December 31, 2025, how many inmates were under your jurisdiction but were
housed in facilities operated by other Commonwealth/Territory, State, or Federal
authorities, solely to ease prison crowding?
• INCLUDE only inmates that were held in a prison in another Commonweath/Territory,
State, or in the Federal system, solely to ease prison crowding.

December 31, 2025
Male

Female

• EXCLUDE inmates held outside your jurisdiction’s facilities for reasons
other than crowding (e.g., work release, court appearance, hospitals,
treatment programs).
b. Are these inmates included in the counts in Section I, item 1d?
Yes

No — Please explain in Section V on page 4.

7. On December 31, 2025, what was the capacity of your prison system?
• If your system has more than one prison, enter the combined capacity.
• If the answer is "not available" or "unknown," write "DK" in the space provided.
• If the answer is "not applicable," write "NA" in the space provided.

December 31, 2025
Male

Female

a. What was the rated capacity?
o The number of beds or inmates assigned by rating officials to institutions.
b. What was the operational capacity?
o The number of inmates that can be accommodated based on staff, existing!
programs, and services in institutions.
c. What was the design capacity?
o The number of inmates that planners or architects intended for all institutions
within!your jurisdiction.
FORM NPS-1B(T) (1-31-2026)

Page 3

SECTION V – EXPLANATORY NOTES

Page 4

FORM NPS-1B(T) (1-31-2026)

Appendix 4: Bibliography of works citing the National Prisoner Statistics Program from January 2024
to present
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Buehler, E. D., & Kluckow, R. (2024). Correctional populations in the United States, 2022 – Statistical
tables (NCJ 308699). Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Buehler, E. D., & Kottke-Weaver, S. (2024). Sexual victimization reported by adult correctional
authorities, 2019–2020 – Statistical tables (NCJ 308553). Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2024). Corrections statistical analysis tool (CSAT) – Prisoners. U.S.
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Chin, E. T., Liu, Y. E., Ogbunu, C. B., & Basu, S. (2024). Population health implications of Medicaid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117698.
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(Doctoral dissertation, Duke University). DukeSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10161/31964.
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& Yabroff, K. R. (2024). County-level jail and state-level prison incarceration and cancer

mortality in the United States. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 117(1), 157–162.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae189.

Appendix 5: 60-day federal register notice

Billing Code: 4410-18-P
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0102]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested;
Extension, With Changes, of a Currently Approved: National Prisoner Statistics program
(NPS)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice
ACTION: 60-day notice
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice (DOJ) will be
submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until [INSERT DATE 60
DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions
or additional information, please contact Derek Mueller, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
999 N. Capitol ST NE, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20531 (email:
bjspra.comments@ojp.usdoj.gov; telephone: 202-307-0765).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the public
and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more of the following four points:

Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;

Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;

Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected can be enhanced; and

Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.

Abstract: Through the National Prisoner Statistics program (NPS), the Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS) collects annual aggregate counts of prisoners in the custody and under the
jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities, as well as the number of persons
admitted or released. BJS uses the NPS to report each year on the changes to and movement
through state and federal prison systems by sentenced individuals. These statistics contribute
fundamentally to BJS’s mission of describing the movements of persons through the criminal
justice system. Revisions to the collection include removing the HIV/AIDS module from the
survey in part due to minimal year over year change in counts. These items may be included with
other health-related questions in periodic supplements as part of the NPS program. Additionally,

BJS plans to cognitively test a new format for collecting race and ethnicity data in alignment
with the revised 2024 OMB Statistical Policy Directive No. 15. Additionally, BJS will assess the
availability of more detailed race and ethnicity information within the respondents’ data systems.
Overview of this information collection:
1) Type of Information Collection: Extension, With Changes, of a Current Approved
Collection.
2) The Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics program.
3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department
sponsoring the collection: Form numbers for the questionnaire are NPS-1B
(Summary of Sentenced Population Movement) and NPS-1B(T) (Prisoner Population
Report – U.S. Territories). The applicable component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract:
For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters (one from each state and the Federal Bureau
of Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide
information for the following categories:
(a)

As of December 31, the number of incarcerated males and females
within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less, and
unsentenced;

(b)

The number of incarcerated individuals housed in privately

operated facilities, county or other local authority correctional
facilities, or in other state or Federal facilities on December 31,
(c)

Prison admission information in the calendar year for the following
categories: new court commitments, parole violators, other
conditional release violators returned, transfers from other
jurisdictions, AWOLs and escapees returned, and returns from
appeal and bond;

(d)

Prison release information in the calendar year for the following
categories: expirations of sentence, commutations, other
conditional releases, probations, supervised mandatory releases,
paroles, other conditional releases, deaths by cause, AWOLs,
escapes, transfers to other jurisdictions, and releases to appeal or
bond;

(e)

Number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;

(f)

Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on
December 31 classified as non-citizens, U.S. citizens, and
unsentenced;

(g)

Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on
December 31 who are citizens of the U.S. with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less, and
unsentenced;

(h)

The source of U.S. citizenship data; and

(i)

The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by
sex, of the state/BOP’s correctional facilities at year-end.

For the NPS-1B(T) form, five central reporters from the U.S. Territories and
Commonwealths of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin
Islands, and American Samoa will be asked to provide information for the
following categories for the calendar year just ended, and, if available, for the
previous calendar year:
(a)

As of December 31, the number of incarcerated males and females
within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less and unsentenced;
and an assessment of the completeness of these counts (complete,
partial, or estimated)

(b)

The number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 but in the custody of facilities operated by other
jurisdictions’ authorities solely to reduce prison overcrowding;

(c)

Number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;

(d)

The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by
sex, of the territory’s/Commonwealth’s correctional facilities at
year-end.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses this information in published reports
and for the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of the President, practitioners,
researchers, students, the media, and others interested in criminal justice
statistics.
5) Obligation to Respond: The obligation to respond is voluntary.

6) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for
an average respondent to respond: Data collection conducted in 2026, 2027, and
2028 (collecting prison data from 2025, 2026, and 2027, respectively) will require
each respondent to spend an average of 4.5 total hours to respond to the NPS-1B
form. 5 respondents, each taking an average of 2 hours to respond to the NPS-1B(T)
form. The burden estimates are based on feedback from respondents, and the burden
is reduced from the previous clearance due to the removal of the HIV/AIDS module.
7) Estimated Time per Respondent: NPS-1B will take an average of 300 minutes (5
hours) or NPS 1B-T will take an average of 60 minutes (1 hour) to complete.

8) Frequency: Each respondent will complete the NPS-1B or NPS 1B-T once.

9) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There
is an estimated 795 total burden hours associated with this collection for the three
years of data collection, or approximately 265 hours for each year.

10) Total Estimate Annual Other Costs Burden: $577,000.
Jurisdiction
& Form

Activity

Number of
Respondents

Freq.

Time Per
Response
(minutes)

State
departments
of
corrections
and the
Federal
Bureau of
Prisons
(NPS-1B)

Assemble and
report data
Non-response
follow-up
contact,
clarification
questions (if
needed)
Review and
approve final
data tabulations
Assemble and
report data
Non-response
follow-up
contact,
clarification
questions (if
needed)
Review and
approve final
data tabulations

U.S.
Territories
and
Commonwe
alths (NPS1B(T))

TOTAL

Hourly
Rate*

Monetized
Value of
Respondent
Time

270

Total
Annual
Burden
(hours)
229.5

$38.50

$8,835.75

$38.50

$654.50

8.5

$38.50

$327.50

100

8.3

$38.50

$319.55

1.3

$38.50

$50.05

0.4

$38.50

$15.40

265

$10,202.75

If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer,
United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff,
Two Constitution Square, 145 N street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated:
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA,

U.S. Department of Justice.

Appendix 6: 30-day federal register notice
Billing Code: 4410-18-P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0102]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested;
Extension, With Changes, of a Currently Approved: National Prisoner Statistics program
(NPS)
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice
ACTION: 30-day notice
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice (DOJ) will be
submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until [INSERT DATE 30
DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions
or additional information, please contact Derek Mueller, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
999 N. Capitol ST NE, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20531 (email:
bjspra.comments@ojp.usdoj.gov; telephone: 202-307-0765).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the public
and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your
comments should address one or more of the following four points:
-

Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;

Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected can be enhanced; and

justice system. Revisions to the collection include removing the HIV/AIDS module from the
survey in part due to minimal year over year change in counts. These items may be included with
other health-related questions in periodic supplements as part of the NPS program. Additionally,
BJS plans to cognitively test a new format for collecting race and ethnicity data in alignment
with the revised 2024 OMB Statistical Policy Directive No. 15. Additionally, BJS will assess the
availability of more detailed race and ethnicity information within the respondents’ data systems.
Overview of this information collection:
1) Type of Information Collection: Extension, With Changes, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
2) The Title of the Form/Collection: National Prisoner Statistics program.
3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department
sponsoring the collection: Form numbers for the questionnaire are NPS-1B
(Summary of Sentenced Population Movement) and NPS-1B(T) (Prisoner Population
Report – U.S. Territories). The applicable component within the Department of
Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice Programs.
4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract:
For the NPS-1B form, 51 central reporters (one from each state and the Federal Bureau
of Prisons) responsible for keeping records on inmates will be asked to provide
information for the following categories:
(a)

As of December 31, the number of incarcerated males and females
within their custody and under their jurisdiction with maximum

sentences of more than one year, one year or less, and
unsentenced;
(b)

The number of incarcerated individuals housed in privately
operated facilities, county or other local authority correctional
facilities, or in other state or Federal facilities on December 31,

(c)

(d)

(e)

Number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;

(f)

Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on
December 31 classified as non-citizens, U.S. citizens, and
unsentenced;

(g)

Number of incarcerated individuals under physical custody on

December 31 who are citizens of the U.S. with maximum
sentences of more than one year, one year or less, and
unsentenced;
(h)

The source of U.S. citizenship data; and

(i)

The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by sex,
of the state/BOP’s correctional facilities at year-end.

(b)

The number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 but in the custody of facilities operated by other
jurisdictions’ authorities solely to reduce prison overcrowding;

(c)

Number of incarcerated individuals under jurisdiction on
December 31 by race and Hispanic origin;

(d)

The aggregated rated, operational, and/or design capacities, by
sex, of the territory’s/Commonwealth’s correctional facilities at
year-end.

8) Frequency: Each respondent will complete the NPS-1B or NPS 1B-T once.

10) Total Estimate Annual Other Costs Burden: $577,000.
Jurisdiction
& Form

Activity

Number of
Respondents

Freq.

Time Per
Response
(minutes)

State
departments
of
corrections
and the
Federal
Bureau of
Prisons
(NPS-1B)

U.S.
Territories
and
Commonwe
alths (NPS1B(T))

TOTAL

Hourly
Rate*

Monetized
Value of
Respondent
Time

270

Total
Annual
Burden
(hours)
229.5

$38.50

$8,835.75

$38.50

$654.50

8.5

$38.50

$327.50

100

8.3

$38.50

$319.55

1.3

$38.50

$50.05

0.4

$38.50

$15.40

265

$10,202.75

Dated:
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA,
U.S. Department of Justice.

Appendix 7: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Email to survey respondents and letter from BJS to
accompany the 2025 data collection form
INITIAL EMAIL

Dear [INSERT NAME],

Happy New Year! It is that time of the year when [CONTRACTOR NAME] is once again conducting
the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) survey. My name is [INSERT NAME], and I will be your point
of contact for the NPS survey, as well as the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) data
request, which I will send a separate notiﬁcation about on Friday. The website for completing the
2025 NPS survey will be open later this week, and I will reach out again to let you know when it is
available and to provide a PDF copy of the survey with the previous year's data ﬁlled in.

Before logging into the website, whoever is entering the survey needs to create a password; to do
this, go to [WEBSITE URL] and click the “Reset your password” link. Please let me know if someone
other than you will be completing the survey – currently, the website only recognizes your email
address.

I have attached a letter of thanks from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The survey is set to
close on February 28, 2026.

If you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to working with you, and thank you
again for your support of all the BJS surveys!

Best,

[INSERT SIGNATURE BLOCK]

January 5, 2026
<>
<>
<<Department>>
Dear <<salutation>>,
I am writing to request your continued participation in the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS-1B), and to
thank you for your past participation in NPS. The 2025 collection is the 100th year of continuous data
collection for the NPS, which was authorized as a national data collection program by Congress in 1926.
The NPS data are widely used by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and the public.
Your participation is voluntary but we need your assistance to make the NPS data complete and
accurate. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is committed to disseminating accurate and timely
statistics, and we plan to publish the Prisoners in 2025 bulletin in December 2026 as a final count of
prison admissions, releases, and yearend population. In order to meet that publication deadline, we
request that you complete and submit your form by February 28, 2026.
BJS is dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality of your provided information, and will protect it to
the fullest extent under federal law. BJS, BJS employees, and BJS data collection agents will use the
information you provide for statistical purposes only, and will not disclose your information in
identifiable form without your consent to anyone outside of the BJS project team. All data collected
under BJS’s authority are protected under the confidentiality provisions of 34 U.S.C. § 10132, and any
person who violates these provisions may be punished by a fine up to $10,000, in addition to any other
penalties imposed by law. Further, per the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (codified in relevant
part at 6 U.S.C. § 151), federal information systems are protected from malicious activities through
cybersecurity screening of transmitted data. For more information on the federal statutes, regulations,
and other authorities that govern how BJS, BJS employees, and data collection agents use, handle, and
protect your information, see the BJS Data Protection Guidelines at
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/BJS_Data_Protection_Guidelines.pdf.
The NPS collection underwent its 3-year clearance review by the Office of Management and Budget in
2025 and was approved (OMB Control No: XXXX-XXXX; Expiration Date: MM/DD/YYYY). You may read
the application and review comments at the NPS page at the OMB website
(INSERT LINK).

Abt Global is again the BJS data collection agent for NPS-1B. We ask that you submit your NPS-1B data at
nps.abtassociates.com. Login and password information are enclosed. If you need technical assistance
in submitting your data, please contact the Abt Project Director, Melissa Nadel via email at
Melissa.Nadel@abtglobal.com, or by phone at (617) 520-3005.
Thank you for your continued support of BJS’s statistical programs. We would like to kindly remind you
that if you are the respondent for other annual BJS data collections, you will receive separate cover
letters for these collections, which may include the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP), the
Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP), and Capital Punishment. If you need assistance with any
matters related to the NPS collection, feel free to contact the BJS Corrections Statistician, Derek Mueller,
at derek.mueller@usdoj.gov or (202) 353-5216.
Sincerely,

Rich Klückow, DSW
Chief, Prisons Corrections Statistics Unit
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Appendix 8: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Screenshots of 2024 NPS-1B secure web data collection tool

Appendix 9: National Prisoner Statistics Program: Non-response follow-up email
FOLLOW UP EMAIL

Hi [INSERT NAME],

I hope you’re doing well. As a reminder, the NPS survey submission site is set to close on
February 28, 2026.

Let me know if you’re having any issues logging in to the survey website [INSERT WEBSITE URL], if
you have any questions about the survey, or if you have any concerns about the timeline for
submission.

Thank you again for supporting BJS’s data collections!

Best,

[INSERT SIGNATURE BLOCK]

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