Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2007: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program. Special Report

摘要

The local jail portion of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program began in 2000 after the passage of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2000. The Governments Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, as an agent for BJS, collected facility-level information, death counts, and information surrounding the death from local jails. Data on inmate deaths were requested at the end of each calendar quarter. At yearend, jails submitted a reconciled annual count that summed to the quarterly count. Additionally, jail administrators submitted data on inmate population and admission counts, which were the basis for the calculation of inmate mortality rates.