In the fiscal year of 2018, 16,209 non-U.S. citizens were incarcerated in federal prisons for drug related offences, 9,482 were incarcerated for immigration related offences, and 5,061 were incarcerated for other offences. The number of non-U.S. citizens incarcerated on immigration offences has increased from 7,226 in 1998 to 9,482 in 2018. Since peaking in the fiscal year of 2011, the number of non-U.S. citizens imprisoned each year has been declining.
Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018
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The unit of the count is the individual, federally sentenced prisoner. Includes persons sentenced in U.S. district courts and in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as of September 30, 2018. Excluded persons sentenced to the BOP by the D.C. Superior Court, military prisoners transferred to BOP facilities to serve their sentence, U.S. citizen-prisoners transferred to the U.S. from another country to serve their sentence closer to home, and persons convicted of a state offense but serving time in a federal prison for their security needs.
"Other" includes violent, property, weapons, and public-order offences.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (November 30, 2021). Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018." Chart. November 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Non-citizens Incarcerated in Federal Prisons in The United States by Selected Offense Type from The Fiscal Year of 1998 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons in the United States by selected offense type from the fiscal year of 1998 to 2018 [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306348/us-non-citizens-incarcerated-offense/
