Today's Jails : Deaths in Custodyhttp://community.nicic.org/blogs/jails/archive/tags/Deaths+in+Custody/default.aspxTags: Deaths in CustodyenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)Statistics on Deaths in Custodyhttp://community.nicic.org/blogs/jails/archive/2007/07/26/Statistics-on-Deaths-in-Custody.aspxThu, 26 Jul 2007 20:41:00 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:4295Sandy Schilling0The <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html">Bureau of&nbsp;Justice Statistics</a> (BJS) has launched a special topics page for <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcrp/dictabs.htm" target="_blank">deaths in custody</a>. The Death in Custody Reporting Act (Public Law 106-297) required that BJS collect data and information on the circumstances surrounding a death in custody.&nbsp; The data has been collected for <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcrp/jailsindex.htm" target="_blank">jails</a>, <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcrp/prisonindex.htm" target="_blank">state prisons</a>, and <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcrp/juvenileindex.htm">state juvenile correctional facilities</a>.<img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4295" width="1" height="1">StatisticsDeaths in Custody