In 2019, 311 inmates of state and federal prisons in the United States died by suicide. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, when 312 state and federal prisoners died by suicide.
Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 1, 2021). Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220919/number-of-state-prisoner-suicides-in-the-us/
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220919/number-of-state-prisoner-suicides-in-the-us/
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Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019 [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220919/number-of-state-prisoner-suicides-in-the-us/