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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The rate of drug overdose deaths in California prisons climbed between 2006 and 2013, the most recent year available, according to an annual death review for the federal court-appointed receiver who controls prison medical care. The rate per 100,000 inmates is nearly triple the national average for state prisons.
| Drug overdose deaths | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Average |
| California prisons | 17 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 16.6 |
| California prisons rate per 100,000 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 18 | 10.6 |
| U.S. state prisons rate per 100,000 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | NA | 3.6 |
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