In 2019, 154 jail inmates in the United States died in Californian jails. A further 117 local jail inmates died in Florida jails in that same year. Texas, Pennsylvania, and Georgia rounded out the top five states for jail inmate deaths.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 1, 2021). Number of jail fatalities in the United States in 2019, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of jail fatalities in the United States in 2019, by state." Chart. December 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Number of jail fatalities in the United States in 2019, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of Jail Fatalities in The United States in 2019, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Number of jail fatalities in the United States in 2019, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of jail fatalities in the United States in 2019, by state [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220915/number-of-jail-fatalities-in-the-us-by-state/