Mortality In State Prisons, 2001-2014 – Statistical Tables
On December 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice published theseĀ statistics on mortality in state prisons for the years 2001-2014.Ā Data in this report were developed from the BureauĀ of Justice Statisticsā (BJS) DCRP, an annual dataĀ collection of inmate deaths in local jails and stateĀ prisons. Key themes of this data include inmate death in state & federal prisons, cause of inmate death, decedent characteristics, inmate deaths reported by state, and moving averages & population trends by prisoner mortality . . .
