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Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2010 - Statistical Tables

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012                          Contact: Sheila Jerusalem (202) 307-0703
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MORTALITY RATES IN LOCAL JAILS AND PRISONS DROPPED IN 2010

WASHINGTON– During 2010, 4,150 inmates died while in the custody of local jails and state prisons—a five percent decline from 2009, according to a report released today by the...

Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2007

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010         Revised 10/28/2010 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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MORTALITY RATES IN LOCAL JAILS CONTINUE TO DECLINE

WASHINGTON – Mortality rates in local jails declined over the period from 2000 through 2007, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of...