Program Description
The Death in Custody Act of 2013 requires states to report certain information regarding the death of any
person who is either detained; under arrest; in the process of being arrested; enroute to be incarcerated; or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, state prison, state-run boot camp prison, boot camp prison that is contracted out by the state, any state or local contract facility, or other local or state correctional facility (including any juvenile facility)
Statutory Authority
The Death in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA; Pub. L. No. 113-242) requires states to report to the Attorney General information regarding the death of any person who is either detained; under arrest; in the process of being arrested; en route to be incarcerated; or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, state prison, state-run boot camp prison, boot camp prison that is contracted out by the state, any state or local contract facility, or other local or state correctional facility (including any juvenile facility). These death-in-custody data were originally captured by the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Mortality in Correctional Institutions data collection
