Since you asked: Is it me, or is the government releasing less data about the criminal justice system?
“We’ve heard this question from a few advocates and journalists who, like us, depend on the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and other government data sources for timely information about the justice system. And while monitoring changes in federal data collections isn’t a core part of our work, we have observed a troubling trend: Since 2017, data releases are slowing down.“
Prison Policy Initiative
November 14, 2019