Deaths in custody

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

Deaths in Custody: A Comprehensive Review

Event Dates

December 2, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

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

April 25, 2012

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...