28 People Have Died in New York City Jails Since the Start of Last…
www.vera.org
In the early hours of October 5, Manish Kunwar, 27, died on Rikers Island. He is the ninth person to die during their incarceration in or immediately following their release from New York City’s dangerous jails this year, and the 28th since Mayor Eric Adams assumed office last January. Kunwar died…

Every time an inmate dies of anything but old age, guards and wardens have failed at their job. They should be suspended and investigated, then fired and prosecuted if inattention or dereliction is proven.

Every damned time.

  • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Uhhh, I’ll try. This site lists the New York death rate at 0.0060 (0.6%)

    28/6138 = 0.0046 (0.46%) So it’s about the same? Not sure how to include the average length of stay in the calculation.

    • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      It’s math, so I’m out of the running. I think we need to factor in length of stay, but might be wrong. I suppose the average inmate is younger than the average New Yorker, too.

      Does Lemmy have an ask-a-mathematician subLemmy?

      • Bgugi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        You do not need to include the length of stay. You will need to divide the interval (22 months/1 year)… 0.46%/(22/12)=0.25% per year.

        From there, it would make sense to control for age. To do that, youd want to integrate an actuarial table based on age demographics for both populations. It would also make sense to control (if data is available) death rates mortality rates for a similar at-risk population… you could go on and on.

        Ultimately, statistics can be tortured into telling you whatever you want to hear.