Title: How often do prisoners die behind bars? - The Washington Post
Headings: How often do prisoners die behind bars?
How often do prisoners die behind bars?
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In local jails, 958 inmates died in 2012, but the causes of these deaths were very different from the causes cited in state prison deaths. Suicide is the leading cause of death for inmates in local jails, accounting for nearly a third of all deaths. ( Heart disease is the second-leading cause of death.) Story continues below advertisement
Suicides are cited as the cause far less often in state prisons, where cancer is the leading cause of death. Heart disease and other illnesses are listed as the cause in most other deaths. Advertisement
Deaths in local jails tend to occur relatively quickly after the inmates arrive. About one in three suicides takes place within a week of the inmate’s arrival; more than half of these deaths occur within the first month. M ore than 70 percent of the inmates who died in local jails were not convicted at the time they died. [ Prisoners are much more likely to die in jail than escape]
Why does this happen?