A chart showing more than half of jail deaths occur within a month of admission

Data Source: Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018, Table 6 (percent of deaths within one month) and Table 11 (median time served before death). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in Rise in jail deaths is especially troubling as jail populations become more rural and more female.

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