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Suicide and Homicide in State Prisons and Local Jails

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STATE PRISON HOMICIDE RATES DOWN 93 PERCENT JAIL SUICIDE RATES 64 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN EARLY 1980s

WASHINGTON - The suicide rate in local jails fell from 129 per 100,000 inmates in 1983 to 47 per 100,000 in 2002, the...