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To examine the epidemiology, specific causes, and systemic deficiencies contributing to mortality among incarcerated individuals in a metropolitan jail system.

September 1, 1978Medical Care

A Study of 128 Deaths in New York City Correctional Facilities (1971-1976)

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LNLloyd F. NovickAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist ERElaine Remmlinger

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Retrospective review reveals suicide and hospitalization delays as major causes of mortality in incarcerated individuals, highlighting key intervention points.

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To examine the epidemiology, specific causes, and systemic deficiencies contributing to mortality among incarcerated individuals in a metropolitan jail system.
Retrospective epidemiological analysis of 128 inmate deaths occurring across New York City correctional facilities between January 1971 and July 1976.
Categorization of deaths using the International Classification of Diseases, alongside committee reviews of nonviolent fatalities to classify deficiencies into provider, corrections, or system levels.
External causes accounted for 71 of 128 deaths (mean age 34 years; 3 females), with suicide being the leading cause (n = 52), predominantly executed via hanging (50 of 52 cases).
Identifiable risk factors among suicide cases included a history of substance abuse in 69% and prior suicide attempts or psychiatric hospitalizations in 33.3%.
Review of nonviolent deaths identified delay in hospitalizing prisoners requiring acute medical care as the primary institutional care deficiency.

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Novick et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff55f4b124fe581985622a https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-197809000-00005

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Retrospective review reveals suicide and hospitalization delays as major causes of mortality in incarcerated individuals, highlighting key intervention points.

A Study of 128 Deaths in New York City Correctional Facilities (1971-1976)

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