8 U.S.C. § 1378 : US Code - Section 1378: Collection of data on other detained aliens

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1378 : US Code - Section 1378: Collection of data on other detained aliens

(a) In general
The Attorney General shall regularly collect data on a nationwide
basis on aliens being detained in the United States by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service other than the aliens
described in section 1377 of this title, including the following
information:
(1) The number of detainees who are criminal aliens and the
number of detainees who are noncriminal aliens who are not
seeking asylum.
(2) An identification of the ages, gender, and countries of
origin of detainees within each category described in paragraph
(1).
(3) The types of facilities, whether facilities of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service or other Federal, State,
or local facilities, in which each of the categories of detainees
described in paragraph (1) are held.
(b) Length of detention, transfers, and dispositions
With respect to detainees who are criminal aliens and detainees
who are noncriminal aliens who are not seeking asylum, the Attorney
General shall also collect data concerning - 
(1) the number and frequency of transfers between detention
facilities for each category of detainee;
(2) the average length of detention of each category of
detainee;
(3) for each category of detainee, the number of detainees who
have been detained for the same length of time, in 3-month
increments;
(4) for each category of detainee, the rate of release from
detention for each district of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service; and
(5) for each category of detainee, the disposition of
detention, including whether detention ended due to deportation,
release on parole, or any other release.
(c) Criminal aliens
With respect to criminal aliens, the Attorney General shall also
collect data concerning - 
(1) the number of criminal aliens apprehended under the
immigration laws and not detained by the Attorney General; and
(2) a list of crimes committed by criminal aliens after the
decision was made not to detain them, to the extent this
information can be derived by cross-checking the list of criminal
aliens not detained with other databases accessible to the
Attorney General.
(d) Annual reports
Beginning on October 1, 1999, and not later than October 1 of
each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the
Committee on the Judiciary of each House of Congress a report
setting forth the data collected under subsections (a), (b), and
(c) of this section for the fiscal year ending September 30 of that
year.
(e) Availability to public
Copies of the data collected under subsections (a), (b), and (c)
of this section shall be made available to members of the public
upon request pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney General
shall prescribe.