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Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI)

BJS FY 16 Visiting Fellows Program Criminal Justice Statistics Programs Corrections Unit

Closing Date
The visiting fellow will also continue his work with the Corrections Unit by completing his current work on life expectancy of state prisoners. Life expectancy estimates better inform whether the known mortality advantage of incarcerated persons (i.e. incarcerated persons have a lower mortality rate than their U.S. population counterparts) is temporary or permanent by calculating the number of person years of life gained, or lost...

Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020

Closing Date
BJS initiated the DCRP in response to the Death in Custody Reporting Act (DICRA) of 2000 (P.L. 106-297), which encouraged states to report certain information related to the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies. BJS developed three data collection efforts under the DCRP; these obtained data on deaths in state prisons, in local jails, and in the process of arrest to...

Arrest-Related Deaths Program, 2017-2019

Closing Date
Research and data-collection activities for the Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) portion of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) of the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) annual data collections on deaths in custody. The DCRP data collection has three components: local jails, state prisons, and law enforcement agencies. The third component and the focus of this announcement is on individual-level data on persons who died in...

Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2013 - Statistical Tables

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY,  AUGUST 4, 2015                 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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DEATHS IN LOCAL JAILS AND STATE PRISONS INCREASED FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

WASHINGTON – For the third consecutive year the number of inmates who died in state prisons and local jails...

BJS FY 15 Pilot Local Jail Reporting Program

Closing Date
BJS currently collects annual aggregate counts of jail populations through the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ) (a sample of 891 jurisdictions in 2013), as well as through the Death in Custody Reporting Program summary form (2,872 jurisdictions in 2013) and Jail Census (2,872 jurisdictions in 2013). While these collections can provide a one-day snapshot of the population, as well as total counts of admissions and...

BJS FY 15 Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and Annual Survey of Jails, 2016-2020

Closing Date
The Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) collects data on deaths of inmates who are in the custody of local jails or state prisons. Local jail and state prison data are collected directly from jails and state departments of corrections. The DCRP provides individual-level data on the number of deaths by year, cause of death, and decedent age, race or Hispanic origin, and sex. These...

HIV in Prisons, 2001-2010

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012                          Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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RATES OF HIV/AIDS AND AIDS-RELATED DEATHS IN PRISON CONTINUE TO DECLINE

WASHINGTON – AIDS-related deaths among all state and federal prisoners dropped from 24 deaths per 100,000 inmates in 2001 to five per 100,000 in 2010, according to a...

Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011                             Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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MORE THAN 4,800 ARREST-RELATED DEATHS REPORTED FROM 2003 TO 2009

WASHINGTON – From 2003 to 2009, a reported 4,813 persons died during or shortly after law enforcement personnel attempted to arrest or restrain them, the Bureau of Justice...

Prison and Jail Deaths in Custody, 2000-2009 - Statistical Tables

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011            Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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NUMBER OF DEATHS IN LOCAL JAILS DECLINED IN 2008 AND 2009

Mortality rate in state prisons stable since 2003

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today that in 2009 both the rate and number of deaths...

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

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
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 and State Prisons, 2000-2011 - Statistical Tables

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013                        Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ After hours: (202) 598-9320

NUMBER OF JAIL DEATHS AT LOWEST RECORDED LEVEL DURING 2011

State prison deaths up four percent

WASHINGTON – In 2011, 885 inmates died in the custody of local jails, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today...