http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prisons/archive/tags/Research/Deaths+in+custody/default.aspxTags: Research, Deaths in custodyenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://community.nicic.org/blogs/prisons/archive/2007/01/22/Longer-Life-in-Prison-than-Free_3F00_.aspxMon, 22 Jan 2007 17:21:00 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:2192Eileen Conway0<p>Is prison the place to be to live a longer life?&nbsp; The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released <a href="http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/mcdsp04.htm" title="BJS death report">Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004</a>.&nbsp; Among its findings are that &quot;State prisoners had a 19% lower death rate than the adult U.S. resident population; among blacks the morality rate was 57% lower among prisoners.&quot;</p><img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2192" width="1" height="1">ResearchDeaths in custody