From Columbia University Center for Justice:
Key Findings of the report:
More people have died in NY State custody
in the last decade than the total of number of
people executed in the 364 years New York
State had the death penalty. 1,278 people
died in NY State custody in the last decade
compared to 1,130 who were executed in NY
State between 1608 and 1972.
Today, more than 1 in 2 people who die in
NY State custody are older adults, compared
to roughly 1 in 10 at the beginning of the era of
mass incarceration.
Every three days someone dies inside a NYS
prison, compared to every 12 days in 1976.
In 2018, Black people accounted for 45% of
all deaths in DOCCS custody, despite only
making up 14% of all deaths of New York State
residents.
People who have already served 15 years in
custody account for 9 times more of the total
deaths behind bars today than they did in the
1980s, the first full decade of available data.
40% of all deaths behind bars since 1976 of
people 55 and older happened in the last ten
years.
In the most recent decade, roughly 1 in 3
people who died behind bars had served
at least 15 years, compared to 1 in 29 in the 1980s.
Read the full report here.
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