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8 Ιουν 2021 · The number of homicides in state prisons reached a record high of 120 deaths in 2018, a reminder that while prisons are secure, they are largely unsafe. Violence in prison is commonplace, tied to trauma prior to incarceration as well as mental health stressors inside.
The number of prisoners serving life sentences increased by 84 per cent between 2000 and 2014, with their number amounting to close to 480,000 worldwide. [9] The death penalty and life sentences were also flagged as a source of physical and psychological violence.
22 Ιαν 2022 · Deaths increased 46% in prisons from 2019 to 2020, 32% among people on parole and 6% among people on probation.
30 Ιουλ 2019 · Mortality rates are up to 50% higher for people in prison than for people in the wider community.1 People die in prison as a result of a wide range of causes including torture and other forms of violence, self-harm, and environmental factors like overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and inadequate access to healthcare.
In 2019, a total of 3,853 prisoners died in state prisons or private prison facilities under a state contract, a decrease of 284 deaths from 2018. The number of federal prisoners who died in the custody of a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) increased from 378 in 2018 to 381 in 2019.
Our harmonised analysis of data from 1 471 526 people released from incarceration in eight countries from 1980–2018 demonstrates a high rate of death due to a range of mostly preventable causes.
Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention. Mortality rates are up to 50% higher in prison than in the community, linked to a wide range of causes and contributing factors which raise serious concerns for human rights, public health, and prison management.
