BJS RELEASES REPORTS ON FEDERAL PRISONER STATISTICS; BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR FIREARM TRANSFERS

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: TANNYR WATKINS, 202-532-3923 TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 2021 TANNYR.M.WATKINS@OJP.USDOJ.GOV ***** PUBLICATION ADVISORY ***** BJS RELEASES REPORTS ON FEDERAL PRISONER STATISTICS; BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR FIREARM TRANSFERS           WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected under the First Step Act, 2020. This is the second report as required under the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA; P.L. 115-391). It includes data on federal prisoners provided to BJS by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for calendar year 2019, the first full year of BOP operation under the FSA.           BJS also released Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2016-2017. This report is the sixteenth in a series produced by BJS on background checks for firearm transfers and permits. It examines the frequency of background checks for firearm transfers under the Brady Act and the nature and frequency of denials of such transfers. The report also describes the number of denied transfers referred to ATF for further investigation. TITLE: Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected under the First Step Act, 2020    (NCJ 255111) by BJS Statistician E. Ann Carson, Ph.D.       Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2016-2017    (NCJ 254757) by BJS Statistician Connor Brooks     WHERE: www.bjs.gov      The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

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