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BJS RELEASES REPORTS ON MORTALITY IN PRISONS AND JAILS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: TANNYR WATKINS, 202-532-3923
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021	TANNYR.M.WATKINS@OJP.USDOJ.GOV

***** PUBLICATION ADVISORY *****

BJS RELEASES REPORTS ON MORTALITY IN PRISONS AND JAILS

WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2018 – Statistical Tables and Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018 – Statistical Tables. These two reports present detailed statistical tables on mortality in state and federal prisons and in local jails. They provide information on cause of death; decedent characteristics, such as age, gender, and race or ethnicity; and mortality rates of inmate populations, compared to the general U.S. adult population. The reports are based on BJS’s annual Mortality in Correctional Institutions data collection, which obtains information on persons who died while in the physical custody of local jails or state departments of corrections.

WHAT:	Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2018 – Statistical Tables
	(NCJ255970) by BJS Statistician E. Ann Carson, Ph.D

	Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018 – Statistical Tables
	by BJS Statistician E. Ann Carson, Ph.D

WHERE:	www.bjs.gov

The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

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