National Prison Rape Statistics Program Assessment

BJS National Prison Rape Statistics Program Assessment

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) National Prison Rape Statistics Program (NPRSP) Assessment is a competitive cooperative agreement that funds a single national grantee to administer surveys of sexual victimization in correctional facilities as required under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA). BJS, the primary statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice established in 1979, conducts the NPRSP as one of its core national data programs alongside programs such as the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Corrections Reporting Program. The NPRSP produces national incidence and prevalence estimates of sexual victimization across prisons, jails, and juvenile correctional facilities, providing the statistical foundation for PREA compliance monitoring and policy.

The FY25 solicitation (O-BJS-2025-172573) is a competitive cooperative agreement. Based on the institutional nature of the work — administering national surveys of a sensitive and methodologically complex topic across correctional settings — eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, universities, and research organizations with demonstrated capacity for large-scale survey administration in criminal justice settings. For-profit companies and individuals are not eligible. The JustGrants application deadline was May 11, 2026; the cycle is now closed. Award amounts are contained in the PDF solicitation document and were not published on the BJS web page at research time.

The NPRSP follows BJS's standard annual solicitation cycle; the FY26 solicitation is expected in late 2026 or early 2027. Given the highly specialized nature of this work — national correctional survey administration, PREA statistical methodology, and coordination with federal and state corrections agencies — the competitive field is narrow and typically drawn from established survey research centers with prior BJS or correctional data program experience. Applicants should review prior NPRSP reports published on the BJS website to understand deliverable expectations before applying.