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Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) (Formerly Deaths in ...
Data Experts E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS statistician Collection Period From 2000 to 2019 Collects inmate death records from each of the nation's 50 state prison systems, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and approximately 2,800 local jail jurisdictions. Between 2003 and 2014, BJS also collected data on persons who died while in the process of arrest.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/mortality-correctional-institutions-mci-formerly-deaths-custody-reporting-program
How to look up prisoners and prison records | USAGov
Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate locator to find out when a prisoner is or was expected to be released. To learn more details about an inmate, find out how to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to BOP. Get a copy of your own prison records
https://www.usa.gov/prisoner-records
How to Find Information on a Deceased Inmate | Legal Beagle
You can use its Inmate Locator Tool online using the inmate's number or his name. To search online by name, you must have his first and last name. His middle name, age, race and sex are optional, but the more information you can provide, the better results you will get. If the inmate is known to be deceased, it will be noted in his search result.
https://legalbeagle.com/7396016-information-deceased-inmate.html
U.S. Penitentiary Records, 1875–1963 - Ancestry
Washington, U.S., U.S. Penitentiary McNeil Island, Photos and Records of Prisoners Received, 1887-1939 Web: Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Criminal and Prison Record Indexes, 1681-1911 Free View all collections included in this search
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/uspen/
CDCR - CIRIS
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is committed to continually improving the California Incarcerated Records and Information Search (CIRIS) web experience to locate incarcerated persons.
https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/
Death in Custody Reporting Act | Bureau of Justice Statistics
Mortality in Correctional Institutions (MCI) collects data on deaths that occur while inmates are in the custody of local jails, state prisons, or the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Local jail and state prison data are collected directly from jails and state departments of corrections. Until 2015, the BOP submitted only aggregated deaths counts, by cause and sex. Starting with the 2015 ...
https://bjs.ojp.gov/programs/dicra
Records of the Bureau of Prisons - National Archives
129.1 Administrative History. 129.2 General Records of The Bureau of Prisons and its Predecessors 1870-1978. 129.2.1 Administrative records. 129.2.2 Historical records. 129.3 Records of the Superintendent of Prisons and President, Boards of Parole 1907-31. 129.4 Records of Federal Prison Industries, Inc. 1930-43.
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/129.html
Prisons and prisoners | USAGov
State departments of corrections. Contact your state department of corrections about state and local prisons and prisoners. Learn how to locate prisoners and get prison records. Find out how to send money or visit someone in prison. Learn how to file a complaint about a prison.
https://www.usa.gov/prisons-prisoners
Prison Records at the National Archives | National Archives
Enlarge Warden s notebook page, with mug shot, of Robert Stroud, 594-AZ, aka The Birdman of Alcatraz. , 1942 - 1942? National Archives Identifier 296722 Enlarge McNeil Island Penitentiary, Inside view of Old #1 cell house, 08/14/1935 National Archives Identifier: 299516 Alcatraz Alphabetical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934 - 63 Digitized Documents Relating to the U.S.
https://www.archives.gov/research/prisons
BOP: About Federal Inmate Records - Federal Bureau of Prisons
For more information about how to obtain copies of records, visit the National Archives website. Our records contain information about FEDERAL inmates only Only persons convicted of violating Federal laws (that is, laws of the United States) are sent to Federal prisons.
https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/about_records.jsp