Justice System At-a-Glance provides a snapshot of the level of activity at different phases of the criminal justice process. This component of JSAT is based on publicly available data that are either retrieved from agency websites or provided directly by the contributing agency. The data are updated on the DC JSAT website at the same frequency with which they are updated on the contributing agency’s website.
Interactive Data provides historical trends with respect to the level of activity at different phases of the criminal justice process. Contributing Agencies provide data at least annually, which is then compiled by the Statistical Analysis Center and displayed in interactive visualizations that can be filtered by geographic, temporal or demographic factors.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) is a District government agency that operates facilities for the confinement of adult pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates. Those facilities include the Central Detention Facility (CDF), Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF), and halfway houses that are operated by private contractors. Data obtained from DOC for Justice System At-a-Glance includes: Average Daily Population for DOC facilities. The Average Daily Population is calculated by taking the average of the monthly population for the entire year. This information is updated on DCJSAT on an annual basis. Data provided by DOC for Interactive Data includes the number of admissions to and release from DOC facilities.
This information includes statistics on youth development and public safety who are in DYRS custody. The DYRS population information includes counts for youth at facilities such as the Youth Services Center (YSC), New Beginnings (NB), and youth shelter homes (YSH).
BOP data includes information on inmate population admissions and releases, length of stay, transfers and demographics.
PSA information includes defendant population and demographic totals by calendar year.
Information from MPD includes reported crimes and arrest data. Reported crimes are updated weekly. Arrest data are updated annually and include adult and juvenile arrest totals by year and arrest category.
Cases sentenced in the District of Columbia by year, offense type, sentencing type, race, sex, and age group.
Court case activity (filings and dispositions) for adults and juveniles is included within DCSC information.