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Facts at a Glance
Suicide and Homicide rates in State prisons and jails
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Suicide rate |
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Homicide rate |
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State prisons |
Jails |
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State prisons |
Jails |
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| 1980 |
34 |
|
|
54 |
|
| 1981 |
26 |
|
|
36 |
|
| 1982 |
26 |
|
|
28 |
|
| 1983 |
27 |
129 |
|
21 |
5 |
| 1984 |
25 |
|
|
30 |
|
| 1985 |
26 |
|
|
24 |
|
| 1986 |
19 |
|
|
20 |
|
| 1987 |
18 |
|
|
15 |
|
| 1988 |
20 |
85 |
|
12 |
3 |
| 1989 |
19 |
|
|
11 |
|
| 1990 |
16 |
|
|
8 |
|
| 1991 |
13 |
|
|
8 |
|
| 1992 |
14 |
|
|
9 |
|
| 1993 |
17 |
54 |
|
10 |
4 |
| 1994 |
17 |
|
|
7 |
|
| 1995 |
16 |
|
|
9 |
|
| 1996 |
15 |
|
|
6 |
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| 1997 |
15 |
|
|
7 |
|
| 1998 |
16 |
|
|
5 |
|
| 1999 |
15 |
54 |
|
4 |
5 |
| 2000 |
16 |
47 |
|
5 |
3 |
| 2001 |
14 |
50 |
|
3 |
3 |
| 2002 |
14 |
47 |
|
4 |
3 |
| 2003 |
16 |
43 |
|
4 |
2 |
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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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