in-custody deaths
At least 6,182 people died in state and federal prisons in 2020, a 46% jump from the previous year.
Of the over 150,000 deaths made public by the L.A. county coroner since 2000, at least 305 have occurred in jail.
* Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deparment acknowledged 45 in-custody deaths in 2023 and 32 in 2024.
As of mid-January 2025, LASD has already reported three in-custody deaths.
The LASD runs the nation’s largest jail system and leads the country in in-custody deaths.
