Doing Federal Time in the US

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is responsible for the custody and care of more than 201,000 Federal offenders. Approximately 85 percent of these inmates are confined in Bureau-operated correctional facilities or detention centers. The remainder are confined through agreements with state and local governments or through contracts with privately-operated residential re-entry centers, detention centers, prisons, and juvenile facilities.

The Bureau's approximately 35,000 employees ensure the security of Federal prisons, provide inmates with needed programs and services, and model mainstream values.

Inmate Population
Total population: 201,456
Total sentenced population: 182,711
Inmates in BOP facilities: 165,442
Inmates in privately-managed secure facilities1: 22,680
Inmates in other contract facilities2: 13,334

1 Includes inmates housed in privately-managed secure facilities under contract with the BOP or with a state or local government that has an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the BOP.
2 Includes inmates housed in community corrections centers, home confinement, jail/short-term detention, contract juveniles, and long-term boarders.

Inmates By Security Level
Minimum: 16.8 %
Low: 38.2 %
Medium: 29.1 %
High: 11.3 %
Unclassified1: 4.4 %


Inmate Age
Average Inmate Age: 38

Citizenship
United States: 148,205 (73.6 %)
Mexico: 34,688 (17.2 %)
Colombia: 2,945 (1.5 %)
Cuba: 1,824 (0.9 %)
Dominican Republic: 2,933 (1.5 %)
Other/Unknown: 10,861 (5.3 %)

Inmates By Gender
Male: 188,187 (93.4 %)
Female: 13,269 (6.6 %)

Inmates By Race
White: 114,943 (57.1 %)
Black: 79,615 (39.5 %)
Native American: 3,496 (1.7 %)
Asian: 3,402 (1.7 %)

Offenses
Drug Offenses: 98,296 (52.5 %)
Weapons, Explosives, Arson: 28,253 (15.1 %)
Immigration: 19,824 (10.6 %)
Robbery: 8,868 (4.7 %)
Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses: 6,703 (3.6 %)
Extortion, Fraud, Bribery: 9,124 (4.9 %)
Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses: 5,543 (3.0 %)
Miscellaneous: 2,046 (1.1 %)
Sex Offenses: 6,403 (3.4 %)
Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement: 891 (0.5 %)
Courts or Corrections: 671 (0.4 %)
Continuing Criminal Enterprise: 554 (0.3 %)
National Security: 98 (0.1 %)

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