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Healthier in Prison: BJS Data Suggests It May Be  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 09, Number 03, September/October 2007 , pp.42-42(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The prison deaths over a four-year period constitute an annual mortality rate of 250 deaths per 100,000 inmates - 19% lower than the adult mortality rate in the U.S. general population.

Keywords: Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004, Christopher J. Mumola

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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