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United States

At least 116,124 people have died in custody

57,763 of them are memorialized here, 50,242 by name. The other 58,361 are only known from official yearly counts, which don’t identify those who died. Each dot on the map is one person. Choose a state or a dot to learn more.

Read the stories, state by state

Last updated November 2, 2026