From Bureau of Justice Statistics:
In 2016, a total of 4,117 state and federal prisoners died in publicly or privately operated prisons. The number of deaths in state prisons rose 1.3% from 2015 to 2016 (from 3,682 to 3,729), while the number of deaths in federal prisons fell 15% (from 455 to 388). This marked the first decrease in deaths in federal prisons since 2012.
While the total number of state prisoners dropped 5% from 2006 to 2016, the number of deaths in state prisons rose 15% over that same period. Each year from 2001 to 2016, an average of 88% of deaths in state prisons were due to natural causes, ranging from 89% in 2001 to 86% in 2016. Over that same span, an average of 11% of deaths in state prisons were due to unnatural causes (suicide, drug or alcohol intoxication, accidental causes, or homicide), ranging from 9% in 2001 and 2008 to 13% in 2016. Continue reading here.
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