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a bar chart showing deaths from drug and alcohol intoxication since 2001 has dramatically outpaced the rise in deaths from any other cause

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in State and Federal Prisons, 2001-2018, Table 1. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in New data: State prisons are increasingly deadly places.

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