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Corrections facts at a glance
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Suicide and homicide rates in prisons and jails have declined
Greatest declines experienced in homicide rates in State prisons and suicide rates in local jails
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click on the chart.
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- Note: Local jail inmate mortality rates are based on average daily population for each year.
Data on deaths for 1983-99 are from the Census of Jails; data from 2000-03 are from the
Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). State prisoner mortality rates for 1980-2000
are based on death counts of sentenced prisoners and the December 31 jurisdiction population
as collected in the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program. Rates for 2001-03 are based on prisoner
death counts from the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and the NPS June 30 custody population count.
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