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Margaret E. Noonan, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Harley Rohloff, Scott Ginder, RTI International
August 4, 2015 NCJ 248756
Presents national and state-level data on the number of inmate deaths that occurred in local jails and state prisons, the distribution of deaths across jails, and the aggregate count of deaths in federal prisons. The report presents annual counts and 14-year trends between 2000 and 2013 in deaths in custody. It provides mortality rates per 100,000 inmates in custody in jail or prison; details the causes of death, including deaths attributed to homicide, suicide, illness, intoxication, and accidental injury; describes decedents' characteristics, including age, sex, race or Hispanic origin, legal and hold status, and time served; and specifies the state where the deaths occurred. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, initiated in 2000 under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-297).
Highlights:
Part of the Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons Series
Press Release
Summary (PDF 223KB)
Full report (PDF 2.3MB)
ASCII file (46KB)
Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 66KB)
To cite this product, use the following link:
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5341
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