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Crime Statistics > State Prisons > Number of Suicides (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  California:52 
#2  Texas:49 
#3  New York:21 
#4  Illinois:20 
#5  Wisconsin:13 
#6  Maryland:13 
#7  Florida:11 
#8  Michigan:11 
#9  Georgia:10 
#10  Connecticut:9 
#11  Arkansas:8 
#12  North Carolina:8 
#13  Ohio:8 
#14  Arizona:6 
#15  Indiana:6 
#16  Missouri:6 
#17  Pennsylvania:6 
#18  Colorado:5 
#19  Oregon:5 
#20  South Dakota:4 
#21  Kansas:4 
#22  Virginia:4 
#23  Utah:4 
#24  Delaware:4 
#25  New Mexico:4 
#26  Washington:4 
#27  Nevada:3 
#28  Idaho:3 
#29  Iowa:3 
#30  Alaska:3 
#31  Massachusetts:3 
#32  New Jersey:3 
#33  Alabama:2 
#34  Hawaii:2 
#35  Minnesota:2 
#36  Oklahoma:2 
#37  South Carolina:2 
#38  Mississippi:2 
#39  Rhode Island:2 
#40  Louisiana:2 
#41  Tennessee:2 
#42  Maine:1 
#43  Kentucky:1 
#44  Vermont:1 
#45  West Virginia:1 
#46  Montana:1 
#47  Wyoming:1 
#48  North Dakota:0 
#49  Nebraska:0 
#50  New Hampshire:0 
Total: 337  
Weighted average: 6.7  


DEFINITION: Number of suicides among state prisoners in correctional facilities.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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