Data Source: Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2016 and Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2013. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2020)
This graph originally appeared in Deaths in state prisons are on the rise, new data shows. What can be done?.
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