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<p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England
and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. A spreadsheet containing
statistics on all deaths in custody, up to December 2021, broken down by category
including gender is available, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends
at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021"
target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Department also publishes figures concerning the rate of deaths per 1,000
prisoners (based on the average prison population at the end of each month within
the 12-month period). Please see section 1.1 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em>
table.</p>
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