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Recent statistics have stated that almost 7000 inmates have died or were killed in US prisons in 2012. This number is similar each year and includes deaths by fires, riots, and other disasters.

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Since 1976 there have been 1,087 executions in the United States.
An excelltnt information source is the Death Penalty Information Center.

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Not many. In 2008, three inmates were killed. In 2009, no inmates were killed. 2010 has yet to see a single inmate killed either.

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