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Results for prisoner suicides
6 results foundAuthor: Noonan, Margaret E. Title: Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2010 - Statistical Tables Summary: During 2010, 4,150 inmates died while in the custody of local jails and state prisons—a 5% decline from 2009. Local jails accounted for about a quarter of all inmate deaths, with 918 inmates who died in custody in 2010. The number of jail inmate deaths declined from 2009 to 2010 (down 3%), while the mortality rate remained relatively stable, from 128 deaths per 100,000 jail inmates in 2009 to 125 per 100,000 in 2010. The five leading causes of jail inmate deaths were suicide, heart disease, drug or alcohol intoxication, cancer, and liver disease. Most inmates who died in custody were serving time in state prisons (78%). In 2010, 3,232 state prison inmates died in custody—a 5% decline from 2009. The mortality rate in state prisons declined slightly, from 257 deaths per 100,000 prison inmates in 2009 to 245 per 100,000 in 2010. In 2010, the five leading causes of state prison inmate deaths were cancer, heart disease, liver disease, respiratory disease, and suicide. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2012. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 3, 2013 at: http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0010st.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0010st.pdf Shelf Number: 128199 Keywords: Deaths in CustodyHealth CareInmatesJailsPrisoner HomicidesPrisoner Suicides |
Author: Noonan, Margaret E. Title: Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2012 - Statistical Tables Summary: Presents national and state-level data on the number of inmate deaths that occurred in local jails and state prisons, the distribution of deaths across jails, and the aggregate count of deaths in federal prisons. The report presents annual counts and 13-year trends between 2000 and 2012 in deaths in custody. It provides mortality rates per 100,000 inmates in custody in jail or prison; details cause of death, including deaths attributed to illness, homicide, suicide, intoxication, and accidental injury; describes decedents' characteristics, including age, sex, race or Hispanic origin, legal status, and time served; and specifies the state where the deaths occurred. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, initiated in 2000 under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-297). Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2014. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 20, 2014 at: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0012st.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0012st.pdf Shelf Number: 133782 Keywords: Inmate Deaths Prisoner Deaths (U.S.)Prisoner HomicidesPrisoner Suicides |
Author: Webber, Frances Title: Hidden Despair: The deaths of foreign national prisoners Summary: This report examines recent suicides of foreign national prisoners in the UK, showing how the prison regime exacerbates the risk of self-harm and suicide through despair. A full report of the IRR's research into BME deaths in police custody, prisons and immigration removal centres, between 1992 and 2014, will be published in February 2015. Hidden despair exposes a catalogue of failure in the penal system: failures by prison staff to recognise the high vulnerability of some foreign offenders, especially young men; failures by immigration officers to communicate decisions, and failures to act on indications of suicidal intent. Details: London: Institute of Race Relations, 2014. 9p. Source: Internet Resource: Briefing paper No. 9: Accessed March 26, 2015 at: http://www.irr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/UKBP_9_Hidden_despair_FNPs.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.irr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/UKBP_9_Hidden_despair_FNPs.pdf Shelf Number: 135062 Keywords: Deaths in Custody (U.K.)Prisoner SuicidesPrisoners, Foreign |
Author: Noonan, Margaret Title: Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000 - 2013 - Statistical Tables Summary: Presents national and state-level data on the number of inmate deaths that occurred in local jails and state prisons, the distribution of deaths across jails, and the aggregate count of deaths in federal prisons. The report presents annual counts and 14-year trends between 2000 and 2013 in deaths in custody. It provides mortality rates per 100,000 inmates in custody in jail or prison; details the causes of death, including deaths attributed to homicide, suicide, illness, intoxication, and accidental injury; describes decedents' characteristics, including age, sex, race or Hispanic origin, legal and hold status, and time served; and specifies the state where the deaths occurred. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, initiated in 2000 under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-297). Highlights: ƒLocal jail inmate deaths increased 1%, from 958 deaths in 2012 to 967 deaths in 2013. Suicides in local jails increased 9%, from 300 suicides in 2012 to 327 in 2013. Jail inmate deaths due to liver disease decreased 35%, from 29 deaths in 2012 to 19 in 2013. Deaths in prison increased from 3,357 in 2012 to 3,479 in 2013, reaching the highest number since the prison data collection began in 2001. The total number of deaths increased 4% between 2012 and 2013. Illness-related deaths accounted for 89% of all deaths in prison in 2013. ƒThe prisoner mortality rate increased 3%, from 265 deaths per 100,000 state prisoners in 2012 to 274 per 100,000 in 2013. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2015. 41p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 8, 2015 at: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0013st.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mljsp0013st.pdf Shelf Number: 136355 Keywords: Inmate Deaths Prisoner Deaths (U.S.) Prisoner Homicides Prisoner Suicides |
Author: Grimwood, Gabrielle Garton Title: Safety in Prisons in England and Wales Summary: Self-inflicted deaths, homicides, self-harm and assaults in prison in England and Wales have risen. The Ministry of Justice is taking action to reduce violence, but concerns remain. Details: London: Parliament, House of Commons Library, 2016. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Briefing Paper no. 07467: Accessed May 16, 2016 at: http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7467/CBP-7467.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7467/CBP-7467.pdf Shelf Number: 139057 Keywords: Prison Violence Prisoner Deaths Prisoner SuicidesPrisons |
Author: Noonan, Margaret E. Title: Mortality In State Prisons, 2001-2014 - Statistical Tables Summary: Describes national- and state-level data on inmate deaths that occurred in state prisons from 2001 to 2014 and presents aggregate counts of inmate deaths in federal prisons. Mortality data include the number of deaths and mortality rates by year, cause of death, selected decedent characteristics, and the state where the death occurred. A preliminary count of prisoner deaths in 2015 is also provided. Data are from BJS's Deaths in Custody Reporting Program, which was initiated under the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-297). Federal data are based on counts from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Highlights: Between 2001 and 2014, there were 50,785 prisoner deaths in state and federal prisons. The majority (45,640) of prisoner deaths occurred in state prisons. The number of suicides in state prisons increased 30% between 2013 and 2014 (from 192 to 249 deaths). Liver disease deaths, the third most common cause of death, declined 12% between 2013 and 2014 (from 354 to 313 deaths). More female state prisoners died in 2014 (154) than in any year since 2008 (163). Texas (409), Florida (346), and California (317) had the highest number of deaths in state prisons in 2014. The mortality rate of females for illness-related deaths increased to 238 per 100,000 state prisoners in 2014, up from 235 per 100,000 in 2013. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2016. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 21, 2016 at: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5866 Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5866 Shelf Number: 147767 Keywords: Deaths in CustodyInmate Deaths Prisoner Deaths (U.S.) Prisoner Homicides Prisoner Suicides |