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Margaret E. Noonan, Bureau of Justice Statistics
December 15, 2016 NCJ 250169
Describes national and state-level data on inmate deaths that occurred in local jails from 2000 to 2014 and includes a preliminary count of inmate deaths in local jails in 2015. Mortality data include the number of deaths and mortality rates by year, cause of death, selected decedent characteristics, and the state where the death occurred. Data are from BJS's Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, which was initiated under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-297).
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Part of the Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons Series
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