Death in custody
A death in custody is a death of a person in the custody of the police, prison service or other authorities. Death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect, racism and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths.
See separate article: Aboriginal deaths in custody
At least 32 people have died in "Operation Clean Heart" by the government of Bangladesh.See Human rights in Bangladesh
See Insein Prison, Human rights in Burma
Some estimate 20 million have died in the Chinese prison system. See Laogai, democide.
See Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
At least 460 people have died in police custody since 1990. About 20 people die in police custody a year, down from 28-30 per year in the nineties.
See Police encounter
See Cipinang Penitentiary Institution
See 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners and Deaths in custody in Iran
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