Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody: Final Research Report
Date Published
January 2025
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ
Deaths in custody
Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody, Interim Summary Report
Date Published
December 2024
Publication Type
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ
Understanding and Reducing Deaths in Custody, Interim Report
Date Published
June 2024
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Excitation Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation
Date Published
August 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2020: Selected Findings
Date Published
January 2024
Series
Publication Type
Statistics
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Dying Inside: Litigation Patterns for Deaths in Jail Custody
Date Published
2023
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Reducing Deaths in Law Enforcement Custody: Identifying High-Priority Needs for the Criminal Justice System
Date Published
2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Collects incarcerated person death records from each of the nation's 50 state prison systems, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and approximately 2,800 local jail jurisdictions. Between 2003 and 2014, BJS also collected data on persons who died while in the process of arrest.
Formerly Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
Arrest-Related Deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) component of Mortality In Correctional Institutions (MCI) (Formerly Deaths In Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) is a national census of all manners of arrest-related deaths and includes all civilian deaths that occurred during, or shortly after, state or local law enforcement personnel engaged in an arrest or restraint process.
Federal Law Enforcement Agency Deaths in Custody Reporting Program (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 (DICRA) requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to submit to the U.S. attorney general, information about the death of any person who is
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2018: Selected Findings
Date Published
December 2020
Series
Publication Type
Survey,
Statistics,
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Report (Annual/Periodic)
Agencies
NIJ,
OJJDP
Deaths in Custody: A Comprehensive Review
Event Dates
–
Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
Policing the Plight of Indigenous Australians: Past Conflicts and Present Challenges
Date Published
April 2003
Publication Type
Case Study
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Sentinel Events Approach to Jail Suicide and Self-Harm
Date Published
June 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Summary),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Are CEDs Safe and Effective?
June 2010
Thousands of law enforcement agencies throughout the United States have adopted conducted energy devices (CEDs) as a safe method to subdue individuals, but are these devices really safe? What policies should agencies adopt to ensure the proper use of this technology? This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the physiological effects of electrical current in the human body caused by CEDs, as well as how this technology can reduce injuries to officers and suspects when appropriate policies and training are followed.
Caring for Those in Custody: Identifying High-Priority Needs to Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities (Article)
Date Published
July 2019
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Caring for Those in Custody: Identifying High Priority Needs To Reduce Mortality in Correctional Facilities
Date Published
January 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview,
Instructional Material
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Assessing Trends In Deaths Associated With Opioid and Alcohol Withdrawal In Jails
2016-R2-CX-0037
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$39,807
NIJ Weapons & Protective Systems Technologies Center Supplemental Funding for Award 2010-IJ-CX-K005
2010-IJ-CX-K005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$245,000
EXCITATION Study: Unexplained In-Custody Deaths: Evaluating Biomarkers of Stress and Agitation
2012-R2-CX-K006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$431,943
Stress Biomarkers Among Patients Undergoing Treatment for Excited Delirium and Severe Pain in the Emergency Department
2012-R2-CX-K007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$338,747
NIJ FY 12 Determining the Relationship between Stress and Unexplained In-Custody Deaths
Closing Date
NIJ seeks proposals for research to examine whether the physiologic and metabolic effects of the stress of being subdued or restrained, by any means, may explain otherwise unexplained in-custody deaths. Specifically, NIJ seeks proposals for research to: (1) clarify the fatal mechanisms that might be associated with stress resulting from being subdued or restrained, by any means and not limited to CEDs; and, if such...
Final Findings From the Expert Panel on the Safety of Conducted Energy Devices
Date Published
November 2, 2011
In its final report, an expert panel of medical professionals concludes that the use of conducted energy devices by police officers on healthy adults does not present a high risk of death or serious injury.
Responding to Fiscal Challenges in State Correctional Systems: A National Study of Prison Closings and Alternative Strategies
2011-IJ-CX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
$999,952