Suicide, Homicide, Aids On Decline in Prisons

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › August 22, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Inmate death rates for suicide, homicide and AIDS are showing substantial declines in jails and state prisons, the government says. The trend reflects improved medical care and closer attention to separating violent criminals from other offenders.

State prison homicide rates declined by more than 90 percent, from 54 per 100,000 in 1980 to four per 100,000 in 2002, the latest year for which data is available, the Bureau of Justice Statistics said in a report Sunday.

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Suicide, Homicide, Aids On Decline in Prisons

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