In 2019, 311 inmates of state and federal prisons in the United States died by suicide. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, when 312 state and federal prisoners died by suicide.
Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019
Characteristic
Number of state and federal prisoner suicides
2019
311
2018
312
2017
261
2016
254
2015
219
2014
249
2013
192
2012
205
2011
185
2010
215
2009
202
2008
197
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 1, 2021). Number of state and federal prisoner suicides in the United States from 2008 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220919/number-of-state-prisoner-suicides-in-the-us/
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Number of State and Federal Prisoner Suicides in The United States from 2008 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220919/number-of-state-prisoner-suicides-in-the-us/
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