ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2023
Jail Conditions And Mortality: Death Rates Associated With Turnover, Jail Size, And Population Characteristics.
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- Understanding Deaths in Custodial Environments: A Systematic Review of Global Trends and Risk Factors.Cureus · 2026Review
- Death by incarceration: Detention duration, overdose, and COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Jails, 2008-2023.PloS one · 2026Observational
- How people die inside: Fact patterns in civil litigation for in-custody deaths.Journal of forensic and legal medicine · 2026Article
- Health Care, Mortality, and Declining Occupancy Rates in California Prisons, 2013-2023.American journal of public health · 2025Article
- The U.S. Criminal Legal System and Population Health.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Article
- Threats to Women's Health in Prisons and Jails.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Article
- The Distribution of Carceral Harm: County-Level Jail Incarceration and Mortality by Race, Sex, and Age.Demography · 2024Article
- Jail Characteristics and Availability of Opioid Treatment Services: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2024Article
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Abstract
In 2019, there were approximately ten million admissions to more than 3,000 US jails-facilities that had become increasingly deadly in the prior decades. Between 2000 and 2019, jail mortality rose by approximately 11 percent. Although incarceration is widely viewed as a health hazard, relationships between jail conditions and jail deaths are understudied. Using data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and Reuters journalists, we assessed mortality rates and conditions in approximately 450 US jails in the period 2008-19. During those years, certain facility characteristics were related to mortality. For example, high turnover rates and high populations were associated with higher death rates. Greater proportions of non-Hispanic Black people in jail populations were associated with more deaths due to illness, and the presence of larger shares of non-US citizens was associated with lower overall mortality rates. Our findings suggest that heavy reliance on incarceration and the prevalence of broad health disparities escalate jail mortality.
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