Data on causes of death in Massachusetts prisons and jails is hard to get

“Death Under Watch” is an ongoing series by MassLive and The Springfield Republican investigating deaths in Massachusetts prisons and jails.

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Massachusetts prisons and jails have seen more than 140 deaths since 2022, yet the reasons people are dying are harder to pin down.

There is no publicly accessible data on in-custody death causes in Massachusetts.