Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,
Filename:  shspj.csv,,,,
Title: Suicide and homcide rates in State prisons and jails have declined,,,,
data source:  Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). ,,,,
Author:  Christopher J. Mumola,,,,
refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765,,,,
date of version: 08/21/05,,,,

Suicide and homcide rates in State prisons and jails have declined,,,,

,Suicide rate,,Homicide rate,
,Prisons,Jails,Prisons,Jails
1980,34,,54,
1981,26,,36,
1982,26,,28,
1983,27,129,21,5
1984,25,,30,
1985,26,,24,
1986,19,,20,
1987,18,,15,
1988,20,85,12,3
1989,19,,11,
1990,16,,8,
1991,13,,8,
1992,14,,9,
1993,17,54,10,4
1994,17,,7,
1995,16,,9,
1996,15,,6,
1997,15,,7,
1998,16,,5,
1999,15,54,4,5
2000,16,47,5,3
2001,14,50,3,3
2002,14,47,4,3
2003,16,43,4,2

Note:  Local jail inmate mortality rates are based on average daily population for each year.  Data on deaths for 1983-99 are from the Census of Jails; data from 2000-03 are from the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP). ,,,,
State prisoner mortality rates for 1980-2000 are based on death counts of sentenced prisoners and the December 31 jurisdiction population as collected in the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program. ,,,,
Rates for 2001-03 are based on prisoner death counts from the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program and the NPS June 30 custody population count.,,,,