Analysis of 1987 data from the US Department of Justice for prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities indicated that suicide rates were not negatively correlated with accidental or unspecified death rates. These findings do not provide evidence of disguised suicides among prisoners. Possible explanations for high rates of unspecified death among prisoners are presented.
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