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GAO-24-107598 1 (2024-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Why This Matters Key Takeaways Depending on the nature of the offense, noncitizens in the U.S. who are arrested and convicted of crimes may be incarcerated by federal, state, or local authorities, which bear the costs of incarcerating them. Since 2005, we have periodically reported available information on the number of noncitizens incarcerated in the U.S. and the cost of incarcerating them.' For example, we previously reported on the number and nationality of noncitizens incarcerated in the U.S., the types of offenses for which they were arrested and convicted, and their potential removability at the time of incarceration. We also previously reported on the estimated costs to the federal government and to states of incarcerating noncitizens. We were asked to provide an update to our previous work and are in the process of conducting the relevant analyses, the results of which we anticipate issuing in winter 2025. In the interim, this report provides information on the agencies that collect and maintain information about the citizenship of individuals incarcerated in the U.S. and publicly reported information on the number of noncitizens incarcerated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at year-end of each year for 2017 through 2022; the number of noncitizens sentenced for federal offenses from fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2023; and the types of offenses for which they were sentenced.2 Though related, this report has some key differences from our past and ongoing work on noncitizens incarcerated in the U.S. For example, data in this report rely exclusively on publicly reported summary-level information from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), whereas in our past work on this topic, we analyzed individual-level data from DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In addition, in this report, information on individuals incarcerated by BOP includes individuals held prior to their conviction and sentencing, whereas our past work focused on individuals who were convicted and sentenced for an offense. As a result, some information described in this report is not directly comparable to past related work and may not be comparable to information developed for our ongoing effort. * Components of the judicial branch, DOJ, and DHS collect or maintain information about the citizenship of individuals incarcerated by BOP. Federal agencies do not collect or maintain comprehensive information about the citizenship of individuals incarcerated in state prisons and local jails. According to a DOJ and DHS report about noncitizens incarcerated in the U.S., the lack of comprehensive information about state and local incarcerations was a noteworthy data limitation considering that approximately 90 percent of the total population incarcerated in the U.S. were in state and local facilities. Page 1 GAO-24-107598 Noncitizens in the U.S. Page 1 GAO-24-107598 Noncitizens in the U.S.

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