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Washington

This page presents the statistics on deaths in custody for state and federal prisons in Washington, along with trends over time. See the Data Reporting Summary below for a breakdown of the type of detailed data available from the state.

58
annual* deaths in all Washington prisons
3annual* deaths in all Washington federal prisons
55annual* deaths in all state prisons
* Most recently available data for state and federal prisons on a statewide basis (2023). We are awaiting 2024 statewide data for federal prisons. See our GitHub for details.
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Data Reporting Summary

This table reports whether the Washington state prison system has made available detailed data on deaths and population demographics.

Deaths Records

Years Covered2015-2020
CircumstancesYes
FacilityNo
NameNo
AgeNo
SexNo
RaceNo

Population Records

Years Covered2018-2021
FacilityNo
AgeYes
SexNo
RaceNo
Washington | UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project