U.S. Marshals Service - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Data and
Information
Prisoner Statistics
Mitigating
the risk of COVID-19 to U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) prisoners, our staff, and the community is
of paramount importance to the USMS.
The U.S. Marshals Service does not own or operate detention
facilities but partners with state and local governments using
intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) to house prisoners. Additionally,
the agency houses prisoners in Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
facilities and private detention facilities. At most facilities where
USMS prisoners are held, USMS represents a fraction of the facility
population. Federal judges decide who comes into or out of USMS custody
as a component of individual judicial proceedings.
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As of May 19, 2022, USMS prisoner population COVID-19
statistics:
Current total USMS prisoner
population |
63,015 |
Current number of prisoners
with active COVID-19 cases |
336 |
Cumulative number of prisoners
with positive COVID-19 cases at any time during the pandemic |
20,620 |
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By type of facility: |
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Intergovernmental Agreement facilities |
13,024 |
Private facilities |
3,532 |
BOP facilities |
4,064 |
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Cumulative number of prisoners
recovered* |
20,067 |
Cumulative Prisoner
COVID-19-related deaths to date |
51 |
Approximate cumulative number
of prisoners in USMS custody during the pandemic |
226,489 |
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NOTE: Data on prisoner health comes to the USMS
through established reporting mechanisms that may vary from jurisdiction
to jurisdiction; the data is not real-time and may not reflect the most
current information.
USMS Prisoner Housing and Operations
- Facilities housing USMS prisoners are responsible for the
medical care that prisoners receive. These facilities work closely
with state health departments and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) to ensure that infectious diseases are promptly
identified and treated. All training protocols, quarantine decisions
or policy adjustments are made at the facility level.
- The USMS takes very seriously its prisoner detention mission to
provide safe, secure and humane custody, housing, medical care and
transportation for federal prisoners throughout the United States
and its territories. We have modified our policies and procedures
during the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with guidance from the
CDC,
“Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities.”
- Decisions regarding the detention of prisoners are made and
issued by the U.S. Courts. Many federal court districts across the
country continue to operate; therefore, the U.S. Marshals must
continue to safely and securely manage prisoners while executing the
lawful orders set by the federal judiciary. USMS district offices
are limiting prisoner movements within their federal district and
between facilities as much as possible.
- The USMS adheres to guidelines set forth by the CDC for the
handling of prisoners with suspected or actual reportable cases of
infectious disease within USMS cellblocks. Symptomatic prisoners are
isolated from other prisoners and staff.
- USMS personnel have been issued specific COVID-19 guidance for
screening prisoners that was developed by infectious disease experts
from the U.S. Public Health Service, who regularly update it in
accordance with evolving CDC guidance.
- For more information on USMS prisoner operations, see the fact
sheet available from
www.usmarshals.gov/duties/factsheets.
USMS Prisoner Transportation
- The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS)
manages the coordination, scheduling and secure handling of
prisoners in federal custody, transporting them to detention
facilities, courts and BOP institutions across the 94 judicial
districts via a network of aircraft, buses, vans and cars. Our
mission is to transfer prisoners safely, securely and humanely.
Under normal conditions, prisoner movements take place for a variety
of reasons, such as to serve a federal sentence at a BOP
institution, testify at a trial, transfer between facilities, or to
receive specialized medical care.
- The USMS is following
CDC guidance, which states: “If a transfer is absolutely
necessary, perform verbal screening and a temperature check … before
the individual leaves the facility.”
- Many federal court districts across the country continue to
operate; therefore, the U.S. Marshals must continue to safely and
securely transport prisoners in accordance with the federal
judiciary process, which includes sentencing, judgment and
committal, and designations to BOP facilities, as well as other
federal judiciary court orders and processes.
- JPATS does not move any prisoner who is symptomatic or known to
be positive for COVID-19.
- USMS equipment, aircraft and vehicles are undergoing daily,
enhanced COVID-19-specific cleaning. In addition, JPATS has
implemented the use of masks by all inmates and staff.
- The USMS is coordinating closely with BOP regarding prisoner
transportation to BOP facilities during this pandemic.
*a small
number of prisoners were released upon court order prior to meeting the CDC time
recommended to be considered recovered
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