These 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, sex, and race or ethnicity; and mortality rates of inmate populations, compared to the general U.S. adult population.
Findings are based on BJS?s Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) annual data collection, formerly the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program. The MCI obtained national-, state-, and incident-level data on persons who died while in the physical custody of the 50 state departments of corrections from 2001 to 2019 or in the custody of the approximately 2,800 local jail jurisdictions with adult populations nationwide from 2000 to 2019.
Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001?2019 ? Statistical Tables (NCJ 300953) and Mortality in Local Jails, 2000?2019 ? Statistical Tables (NCJ 301368) were written by BJS Statistician E. Ann Carson, Ph.D. The reports, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.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.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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