July 2026
(July 2026) When possible, the Commission performs sentencing and prison impact reports as part of its consideration of...
Reports
Reports
July 2026
(July 2026) The preliminary data in these reports present selected quarterly sentencing information submitted to the...
June 2026
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2025.
July 2025
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2024.
April 2025
Research Notes give background information on the technical details of the Commission’s data collection and analysis...
March 2025
(March 2025) In 2025, the Commission completed a study of federal drug trafficking offenses that involved an overdose.
Report-At-A-Glance
March 2025
In 2025, the U.S. Sentencing Commission completed a study of federal drug trafficking offenses that involved an overdose...
September 2024
(September 2024) This report provides information on individuals sentenced for offenses using cryptocurrency, the dark...
Report-At-A-Glance
September 2024
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2024 report, Cyber Technology in Federal Crime.
June 2024
(June 2024) This publication examines trends in the prevalence of federal methamphetamine trafficking sentences, and the...
May 2024
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2023.
December 2023
(December 2023) This report provides an analysis of the federally sentenced individuals in fiscal year 2021 by...
November 2023
(November 2023) A report updating the Commission's data analysis concerning demographic differences in federal...
Press Releases
Commission releases updated analysis of Demographic Differences in Federal Sentencing.
September 2023
(September 2023) This publication combines data the Commission regularly collects with data from a special coding...
July 2023
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2022.
January 2023
(January 2023) This publication assesses recent trends in federal sentencing for simple possession of marijuana, as well...
September 2022
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2021.
August 2022
(August 2022) This comprehensive study provides information on the prevalence of robbery offenses and how they were...
August 2022
(August 2022) This publication summarizes the history of the organizational guidelines, several decades of trend...
July 2022
(July 2022) This report examines older federal offenders and the crimes for which they were sentenced in fiscal year...
July 2022
(July 2022) This report examines the impact of Amendment 802 by looking back at sentencings under §2L1.2 over the last...
July 2022
(July 2022) This report provides in-depth information on federal firearms offenders sentenced under the primary firearms...
June 2022
(June 2022) This report is the seventh and final report in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the...
June 2022
(June 2022) This report examines the application and significance of status points, and considers the extent to which...
June 2022
(June 2022) This report is the sixth in a series continuing the Commission’s study of the recidivism of federal...
Report-At-A-Glance
June 2022
This handout presents a brief overview of the Commission's 2022 reports, Recidivism and Federal Bureau of Prisons...
May 2022
(May 2022) This report is the fifth in a series continuing the Commission’s study of the recidivism of federal offenders...
Report-At-A-Glance
May 2022
These infographics present an overview of the Commission's series of reports on child pornography offenses.
Report-At-A-Glance
May 2022
These infographics presents an overview of the Commission's series of reports on recidivism of federal offenders.
April 2022
(April 2022) This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2021. It provides a...
March 2022
(March 2022) This publication describes trends in compassionate release decisions during fiscal year 2020—focusing on...
Report-At-A-Glance
March 2022
This snapshot highlights the Commission's 2022 report, Compassionate Release: The Impact of the First Step Act and COVID...
February 2022
(February 2022) This report is the fourth in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the recidivism of federal...
January 2022
(January 2022) This report is the third in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the recidivism of federal...
November 2021
(Updated February 2022) This report is the second in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the recidivism of...
October 2021
(October 2021) This report examines for the first time Federal Offenders Who Served in the Armed Forces and studies the...
October 2021
(October 2021) This report updates and expands upon the Commission's 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child...
September 2021
(September 2021) This report is the first in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the recidivism of federal...
June 2021
(June 2021) This report updates and expands upon the Commission's 2012 Report to the Congress: Federal Child Pornography...
Report-At-A-Glance
May 2021
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's series of reports on mandatory minimum penalties. The...
April 2021
The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal year 2020.
April 2021
(April 2021) This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2020. It provides a...
March 2021
(March 2021) This report provides information on offenders sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
January 2021
(January 2021) This report examines the relatively new and emerging problem of fentanyl and fentanyl analogue...
Report-At-A-Glance
January 2021
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's series of reports on differences in federal sentencing...
August 2020
(August 2020) With a full year of data now available since the passage of the First Step Act of 2018, the Commission...
Report-At-A-Glance
August 2020
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's 2020 report, The First Step Act of 2018: One Year of...
Report-At-A-Glance
August 2020
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's 2020 report, Retroactivity and Recidivism: The Drugs Minus Two...
July 2020
(July 2020) This publication analyzes recidivism rates among drug offenders who were released immediately before and...
April 2020
Introduction The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal...
April 2020
(April 2020) This study examines the relationship between length of incarceration and recidivism, specifically exploring...
April 2020
(April 2020) This study expands on prior Commission research by examining the geographic mobility of federal offenders.
April 2020
(April 2020) This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2019. It provides a...
February 2020
(February 2020) For the first time, this report provides in-depth criminal history information about federal economic...
July 2019
This first edition of Research Notes explains how the Commission collects and analyzes sentencing information, and...
June 2019
(June 2019) This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2018. It provides a...
June 2019
(June 2019) This report is the sixth in a series of recidivism reports and provides an analysis of federal firearms...
May 2019
Introduction The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during fiscal...
January 2019
(January 2019) This publication explores a subset of the Commission’s criminal history rules—those regarding the...
January 2019
(January 2019) This publication provides data on the prevalence, offender and offense characteristics, and sentences...
January 2019
(January 2019) This publication examines the application of mandatory minimum penalties specific to federal sex offenses...
January 2019
(January 2019) This report is the fifth in a series of reports and provides a recidivism analysis of federal offenders...
Report-At-A-Glance
January 2019
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2019 report, Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Sex Offenses in the...
September 2018
(September 2018) This publication examines the application of mandatory minimum penalties specific to identity theft...
Report-At-A-Glance
September 2018
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2018 report, Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Identity Theft...
July 2018
(July 2018) This publication examines the application and impact of the statutory penalty enhancement for federal drug...
Report-At-A-Glance
July 2018
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2018 report, Application and Impact of 21 U.S.C. § 851: Enhanced...
June 2018
(June 2018) This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2017. It provides a...
May 2018
(May 2018) For the first time, this report provides complete information on the number of convictions and types of...
March 2018
(March 2018) This publication analyzes recidivism among crack cocaine offenders who were released early after...
March 2018
(March 2018) Using fiscal year 2016 data, this publication includes analysis similar to that in the 2017 Overview...
Report-At-A-Glance
March 2018
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2018 report, Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Firearms Offenses in...
December 2017
(December 2017) This report examines the impact of the aging process on federal offender recidivism and, once age is...
November 2017
(November 2017) A report updating the Commission's data analysis concerning demographic differences in federal...
Report-At-A-Glance
November 2017
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2017 report, Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Drug Offenses in the...
October 2017
(October 2017) Using fiscal year 2016 data, this publication includes analysis similar to that in the 2017 Overview...
September 2017
(September 2017) This report analyzes sentence commutations granted under the 2014 Clemency Initiative. The Commission...
July 2017
(July 2017) This report assesses the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing. It continues the...
Report-At-A-Glance
July 2017
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's 2017 report, Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the...
May 2017
(May 2017) This publication presents information about youthful offenders (age 25 or younger for purposes of this report...
Report-At-A-Glance
May 2017
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's Report to the Congress: Career Offender Sentencing Enhancements.
Report-At-A-Glance
May 2017
This handout presents an overview of the Commission's report, Weighing the Charges: Simple Possession of Drugs in the...
March 2017
(March 2017) The focus of this report is the 25,431 U.S. citizen federal offenders released from prison or placed on...
February 2017
(February 2017) This report examines a group of 10,888 federal drug trafficking offenders who were released in calendar...
September 2016
(September 2016) The number of federal offenders whose most serious offense was simple drug possession increased nearly...
July 2016
(July 2016) This report presents findings of the Commission's multi-year study of statutory and guideline definitions...
Press Releases
Commission issues Report to the Congress: Career Offender Enhancements. Report analyzes career offenders’ prior criminal...
July 2016
On July 21, 2016, the Commission received testimony from the Tribal Issues Advisory Group on it's recent report and...
March 2016
(March 2016) This report provides a broad overview of key findings from the United States Sentencing Commission’s study...
August 2015
(August 2015) The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) reduced the statutory penalties for crack cocaine offenses to...
May 2015
As a supplement to the 2009 publication, the Commission is releasing this new report, using data from 2005 through 2014...
August 2014
This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2013. It provides a brief, easy-to...
July 2013
This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2012. It provides a brief, easy-to...
December 2012
(December 2012) This report is the result of a multi-year study by the Commission and complements and expands upon the...
December 2012
(December 2012) This report assesses the continuing impact on the federal sentencing system of the Supreme Court's 2005...
September 2012
This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2011. It provides a brief, easy-to...
July 2012
This publication presents a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2010. It provides a brief, easy-to...
October 2011
This report assesses the impact of mandatory minimum penalties on federal sentencing, particularly in light of the...
June 2011
Data on Retroactive Application of the 2007 Crack Cocaine Amendment A set of tables presenting data on cases in which a...
December 2010
This publication provides a broad overview of federal sentencing data for fiscal year 2009. Readers will find this...
October 2009
(October 2009) This report provides a history of the child pornography guidelines. This report is the first step in the...
February 2009
This paper analyzes alternative sentences for federal offenders and, specifically, United States citizens sentenced...
September 2008
September 2008 Report to the Congress: Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in Response to the Emergency...
October 2003
The United States Sentencing Commission submits this report in direct response to section 401(m) of the Prosecutorial...
March 2003
Survey of Article III Judges on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Full Reports Final Report in one large PDF document...
May 2002
The purpose of this report is to contribute to the ongoing assessment of federal cocaine sentencing policy by Congress...
December 1999
United States Sentencing Commission Economic Crimes Policy Team Identity Theft Final Report (December 15, 1999) (.PDF)...
March 1997
MEMORANDUM FROM: Richard P. Conaboy, Chairman SUBJECT: Public Opinion on Sentencing Federal Crimes DATE: March 14, 1997...
June 1996
The United States Sentencing Commission submits this report at the request of Congress on a subject of deep concern --...
August 1991
In 1990, Congress formally directed the Sentencing Commission to respond to a series of questions concerning the...
May 2018
Introduction The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during Fiscal...
July 2017
Introduction The following four comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during Fiscal...